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BULLETIN  NUMBER  175 


THE  ROMANTIC  AND  HISTORIC 

BACKGROUND 

OF 

AGRICULTURE 

AND 

PLANT   STUDY 


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RIVERSIDE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 
CALIFORNIA 

BULLETIN  NUMBER  175 


THE  ROMANTIC  AND  HISTORIC 
""  '  BACKGROUN  D 

OF 

AGRICULTURE 

AND 

PLANT    STUDY 


Compiled  by 

CAEOLINE  HUBBAEd[bAILEY 

In  the  Eiverside  Library  Service  School 


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THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  OF  THE 
RIVERSIDE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


C.  L.  McFARLAND,  President 

H.  B.  CHASE,  Secretary 

GEO.  A.  SARAU 

RAYMOND  BEST 

DR.  LOUISE  HARVEY  CLARKE 


AGRIC. 

REFERENCE 
SERVICE 


CONTENTS 


Page 
Preface         ........ 

Citrus   Culture         .......  5 

The  Farmstead            .         .         .         .         .         .         .  6 

Fruits 15 

The  Garden 19 

Grape  Culture         .......  24 

Grasses  and  Fibres     .......  25 

Herbals 26 

The  Hothouse  and  Exotics        .....  28 

Plant  Study .34 


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Preface 

One  of  the  fundamental  instincts  of  mankind  is  a  love  of  the  land  and 
of  the  living  things  which  spring  from  it.  Its  earliest  manifestation, 
perhaps,  is  a  baby's  insatiable  taste  for  earth,  and  through  varying  phases 
the  yearning  keeps  pace  with  the  baby's  development.  Often  he  is  uncon- 
scious of  it  until  some  chance  discovers  to  him  the  joy  of  working  with 
his  hands  to  make  the  earth  to  yield  her  increase. 

Men  of  all  ages  have  recognized  this;  their  love  for  good  green  grow- 
ing things  conies  down  to  us  through  all  the  records  of  human  progress, 
whether  pictured  or  written;  pagan  and  Christian,  they  worshipped  the 
Maker  of  the  world,  and  delighted  in  forwarding  His  purpose  to  make  it 
beautiful  and  productive. 

The  books  written  by  garden  and  farm  makers  of  the  seventeenth, 
eighteenth,  and  early  nineteenth  centuries  are  full  of  joyous  enthusiasms. 
These  voiumes .  in  their  worn  old  bindings,  many  of  them  annotated  by 
owners  dead  for  hundreds  of  years,  are  filled  with  Biblical  allusions  and 
quotations  from  the  writings  of  the  ancients.  The  quaint  and  often,  to 
us,  stiltedly  expressed  phrases  carry  very  vivid  impressions  of  the 
personalities  and  intellects  behind  them,  and  today  many  of  these  great 
books  are  used  for  reference,  so  valuable  is  the  laboriously  gathered  ma- 
terial contained  in  them. 

This  bibliography,  which  is  made  up  exclusively  of  material  to  be 
found  among  the  rare  works  on  agricultural  and  botanical  subjects  in 
the  collection  of  the  Riverside  Public  Library,  makes  no  claim  to  complete- 
ness. On  the  other  hand,  a  few  modern  works,  which  seemed  of  particular 
interest  or  not  likely  to  be  found  on  the  shelves  of  the  general  library, 
have  been  included.  A  delightful  precedent  for  any  lack  of  system,  or 
excessive  enthusiasm  over  certain  details  on  the  part  of  the  compiler, 
may  be  found  in  the  pages  of  almost  any  one  of  the  seventeenth  century 
authors  noted. 

The  helpful  interest  of  Mr.  Joseph  F.  Daniels,  under  whose  librarian- 
ship  the  collection  has  been  made,  and  an  increasingly  intimate  acquaint- 
ance with  the  charming  old-time  volumes  of  which  it  is  composed,  have 
rendered  the  compilation  a  pleasure  rather  than  an  inescapable  task. 


CAROLINE  HUBBARD  BAILEY. 


Riverside,  California. 
Dec.  10,  1919. 


CITRUS  CULTURE 

"Connais-tu  le  pays  ou  fleurit  I'orange?" 

Alderton,  George  E. 

Treatise  and  handbook  of  orange-culture  in  Auckland,  New  Zealand, 
Wellington,  1884.     Govt,  printer  vii  &  73  p.  front.     22cm.  cl. 

Addendum    gives    analysis    of    soil    suitable    for    orange    culture. 

Author  disapproves  of  planting  orange  trees  in  holes. 

Alino,  Bernardo  &iser 

Tratado  completo  del  naranjo  con  un  apendice  sobre  el  limonero,  cidro, 

bergamoto  v  limetero. 

Valencia  1893  Aguilar  xiii  &  276  p.  illus.  col.  pi.  23iA  cm.  cl. 

Good  colored  plates.  Illustrations  of  primitive  Spanish  irriga- 
tion methods. 

Bonavia,  Emanuel 

The  cultivated  oranges  and  lemons  etc.  of  India  and  Ceylon  with  re- 
searches into  their  origin  and  the  derivation  of  their  names,  and  other 
useful  information. 

London,  1888.  W.  H.  Allen  &  co.  xix  &  365  p.  23  cm.  cl.  Vol.  of 
plates,  same  1890.     19yocm. 

Anglo-Indian  glossary  and  index.  Vol.  of  259  plates  has  de- 
scriptive text. 

Ferrarius,  John  Baptist 

Hesperides;  sive,  De  malorum  aureorum  cultura  et  usu  libri  quatuor. 

lo:     Baptistae  Ferrarii  senensis  e  societate  lesu. 

Romae,  1646.     Sumptibus  Hermanni  Seheus.     480  p.  incl.  plates.     & 

index  (14)  36  cm.     %  lea-     In  four  books. 

Hesperides. 

Added  title  page  at  end.     Very  fine  full-page  engravings  including 

one    of   the    quest    of   the   Apples   of   the   Hesperides    and   Hercules' 

adventures  with  their  custodians.     Books  2,  3,  and  4  deal  with  the 

culture  and  use  of  many  varieties  of  the  "golden  apples." 

This  is  the  oldest  known  book  on  the  citrus  fruit.  In  Lelong's 
Culture  of  the  citrus  in  California  an  illustration, — evidently 
that  used  in  this  work  originally, — is  referred  to  as  the  first 
picture  of  the  navel  orange  on  record.  It  appeared  in  John 
Johnson's  Natural  History  of  Trees  and  Fruits,  1662,  sixteen 
years   after    the   publication   of    this    work. 

Gaxey,  Thomas  A. 

Orange  culture  in  California.  .  .with  an  appendix  on  Grape  culture 
by  L.  J.  Rose. 

San  Francisco,  cl882.  A.  T.  Garey,  printed  by  Pacific  Rural  Press, 
227  p.     19cm.     bds.     p.  197-227  missing. 

One  of  the  early  works  on  California's  orange  industry. 

Guillaumin,  A. 

Les  citrus  cultives  et  sauvages.  Paris,  1917.  Challamel,  75p.,  illus., 
25  cm.  ci.  Bibliotheque  d'agriculture  coloniale.  Extrait  de  I'agri- 
culture  pratique  des  pays  chauds. 

Resume  of  the  commercial  and  wild  citrus  industry. 


Guitet-Vauqueliii,  Pierre 

La  culture  des  citrus.  Paris,  1917.  Challamel,  102  p.,  illus.,  25  cm.  cl. 
Bibliotheque  d'agriculture  coloniale.  Extrait  de  I'agriculture  pra- 
tique des  pays  chauds. 

Very  useful  as  a  handbook. 

Salasy  Amat,  Leopoldo  de 

Les  plagas  del  naranjo  y  limonero  en  Bspaiia;  su  extincio  n  por  los 

insectos  utiles,  las  pulverizaciones  y  las  fumigaciones   con  el  acido 

cianhidrico.     ed.  2. 

Madrid,  1914.     Imp.  de  la  sue.  de  M.  Mineresa  de  los  Eios,  228  p., 

illus.  tables   23  cm.  cl. 

Report  written  and  published  in  the  first  edition  by  order  of  the 
Minister  of  public  works,  etc.  Very  good  on  fumigation  for 
insect  pests  and  blight. 

Spalding,  William  Andrew 

The  orange:     Its  culture  in  California;  with  a  brief  discussion  of  the 
lemons,  lime  and  other  citrus  fruits.   .    .  with  an  appendix  on  insects 
injurious  to  citrus  trees,  and  how  to  combat  them   (from  the  work 
of  Honorable  Matthew  Cooke) 
Eiverside,  1885.    Press  and  Horticulturist,  viii&97  p.,  illus.,  24  cm.  lea. 

Trabut,  Louis 

Les  orangers  en  Algerie. 

Agha-Alger,  n.  d.     Montegut  &  Dequili  (imprimerie  agricole  et  com- 

merciale)  123  p.,  illus.,  24  cm.    bds. 

Government  report  of  the  citrus  industry  in  Algeria. 


The  Riverside  Public  Library  has  very  full  material  on  the  citrus 
industry  in  California  from  its  inception  to  the  present  time  in 
its  reference  files  and  in  the  bound  volumes  of  its  daily  papers 
and  citrus  periodicals. 


THE  FARM-STEAD 

As  the  heavens  are  higher  than  the  earth,  so  are  my  ways  higher  than 
your  ways,  and  my  thoughts  than  your  thoughts.  For  as  the  rain  com- 
eth  down,  and  the  snow  from  heaven,  and  returneth  not  thither,  but  water- 
eth  the  earth,  and  maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud,  that  it  may  give  seed 
to  the  sower,  and  bread  to  the  eater:  So  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth 
forth  out  of  my  mouth:  It  shall  not  return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  ac- 
complish that  which  I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing  whereto 
I  sent  it. 

For  ye  shall  go  out  with  joy,  and  be  led  forth  with  peace:  the  moun- 
tains and  the  hills  shall  break  forth  before  you  into  singing,  and  all  the 
trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  their  hands.  Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come 
up  the  fir  tree,  and  instead  of  the  briar  shall  come  up  the  myrtle  tree: 
and  it  shall  be  to  the  Lord  for  a  name,  for  an  everlasting  sign  that  shall 
not  be  cut  off.     Isaiah  LV,  9-13. 

Agricultural  dictionaries  and  chemistries  are  included  in  this  list, 
which  is  for  the  most  part  made  up  of  Books  dealing  directly  with  farm- 
ing.   Much  material,  however,  will  be  found  under  other  heads. 

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Allen,  Richard  Lamb 

The  American  farm  book;  or,  Compend  of  American  agriculture; 
being  a  practical  treatise  on  soils,  manures,  draining,  irrigation, 
grasses,  grain,  roots,  fruits,  cotton,  tobacco,  sugar  cane,  rice,  and 
every  staple  product  of  the  United  States,  with  the  best  methods 
of  planting,  cultivating,  and  preparation  for  market.  New  York, 
1849.     Saxton  xii&319&48.     p.  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 

Contains  a  memoir  on  Indian  corn,  compiled  by  T>.  J.  Browne 
under  the  direction  of  the  American  Institute.  Contains  also 
The  Hasty  Pudding;  A  poem  in  three  cantos,  written  in  Cham- 
bray,  in  Savoy.  January,  1793,  by  Joel  Barlow,  minister  pleni- 
potentiary to  France. 

American  quarterly  journal  of  agriculture  and  science;  conducted  by  Drs. 
E.  Emmons  and  A.  J.  Prime,  A.  Osborn,  Esq.,  and  O.  C.  Gardiner, 
vol.  1-4.  Albany,  1845-1846.  C  Van  Benthuj-sen  &  co.  vol.  1-4  m 
two  plates,  map  col.  plate.     23  cm.    %  lea. 

Baxter  and  son 

The  agricultural  and  horticultural  gleaner;  containing  important 
discoveries  and  improvements  in  farming,  gardening,  and  floricul- 
ture, with  practical  details  connected  with  rural  ,  and  domestic 
economy;  also  a  miscellanea  comprising  agricultural,  horticultural, 
and  floricultural  calendars,  abstracts  of  acts  of  parliament  passed 
during  the  last  session,  etc. 
Lewes,  1836.     Baxter  &  son,  301  p.  col.  front.     21  cm.  cl. 

Buist,  Robert 

The  family  kitchen  gardener;  containing  plain  and  accurate  descrip- 
tions of  all  the  different  species  and  varieties  of  culinary  vege- 
tables with  their  botanical,  English,  French,  and  German  names, 
alphabetically  arranged,  and  the  best  mode  of  cultivating  them  .  .  . 
also,  descriptions  .  .  .  of  .  .  .  fruits,  their  management,  propa- 
gation, etc. 

New  York,  cl847.  Orange  Judd  &  co.  216  p.  illus.  20  cm.  cl.  Also 
18.57,  Saxton. 

A    good,    practical    gardener's    handbook. 

Burr,  Fearing,  Jr. 

Field  and  garden  vegetables  of  America;  containing  full  descrip- 
tions of  nearly  eleven  hundred  species  and  varieties;  with  directions 
for  propagation,  culture,  and  use. 

Boston,  1863.  Crosby  &  Nichols,  xv&652  p.  illus.  231/2  cm.  cl.  Same 
edition  of  1865. 

Very  extensive,  dealing  with  a  great  number  of  varieties. 

Burr,  Fearing,  Jr. 

Garden  vegetables  and  how  to  cultivate  them.  (Includes  some  cook- 
ing directions  and  full  index.)  Boston,  1866.  J.  E.  Tilden  &  co. 
xii&341  p.  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 

Carr,  Ezra  Slocum 

Patrons  of  husbandry  on  the  Pacific  Coast  .  .  .  with  a  general  and 
special  grange  directory,  and  a  full  list  of  charter  members  of  the 
subordinate  granges  of  California  ...  by  Ezra  S.  Carr,  M.  D.,  L.L. 
D.,  late  professor  of  agriculture  in  the  University  of  California 
and  Past  Master  of  the  Temescal  Grange. 

San  Francisco,  1875.  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  co.  454  p.  illus.  24  cm.  cl. 
Deals  with  transportation  and  irrigation  conditions  in  the  state 
and  compares  them  with  those  in  other  parts  of  the  Union  and 
foreign  countries. 

Colman,  Henry- 
Agricultural   and   rural   economy   from   personal   observation.      Illus- 


trated  with  engravings  and  woodcuts,     ed.  6  with  additions,  2  vols. 
Boston,  1857.     Phillips,  Sampson  &  co.     2  v.    illus.     25  cm.  cl. 
Treats  of  European  conditions. 

Crozier,  William,  and  Henderson,  Peter 

How  the  farm  pays;  The  experiences  of  forty  years  of  successful 
farming  and  gardening.  New  York,  1884.  Peter  Henderson  &  co. 
379  p.  illus.     25  cm.  cl, 

Tlie  Cultivator;  a  monthly  publication  designed  to  improve  the  soil  and 
the  mind;  conducted  by  J.  Buel,  of  Albany,     vol.  v-vi. 
Albany,   1838-40.     Packard,  Van  Benthuysen   &   co.     vol.   v-vi  illus. 
Contains   correspondence   along   chemical,   agricultural,   and   me- 
chanical lines.     Illustrated  with  cuts. 

Darwin,  Erasmus 

Phytologia;  or,  The  Philosophy  of  Agriculture  and  Gardening;  with 
the  theory  of  draining  morasses,  and  with  an  improved  construction 
of  the   drill  plow;   by  Erasmus  Darwin,  M.   D.,  F.   R.    S.,   author   of 
Zoonomia,  and  of  the  Botanic  Garden. 
London,  1800.     S.  Johnson,  612  p.  27yo  cm.  lea.  gilt  back. 

Evelyn,  John 

Terra:    a   philosophical   discourse    of   Earth   relating   to   the   Culture 
and   Improvement    of   it    for   Vegetation,   and    the     Propagation     of 
Plants,  as  it  was  presented  to  the  Eoyal  Society.     By  John  Evelyn, 
Esq.  F.  R.  S.  with  notes  by  a.  Hunter,  M.  D.,  F.  R.   S. 
York,  1787.    Printed  by  A.  Ward,  74  p.    illus.    31  cm.    Russia. 
Bound  with   Evelyn's  Silva. 

Genesee  farmer;  a  monthly  journal  devoted  to  agriculture,  horticulture, 
domestic  and  rural  economy,  illustrated.  .  .  edited  by  Daniel  Lee 
and  James  Vick,  Jr.  P.  Barry,  conductor  of  the  horticultural  de- 
partment,    vol.  xiii. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  1852.  Daniel  Lee  vol.  xiii,  variously  paged 
illus.     25  cm.  %  lea. 

Goffart,  Auguste 

Manuel  de  la  culture   et  de  I'eusilage  des  mais  et   autres  fourrages 

verts. 

Paris,  1877.     G.  Masson  iv-4-200  P.    illus.     19  cm.    pa.      (rebound  in 

cloth.) 

Deals   extensively  with   corn   silage. 

Greeley,  Horace 

What  I  know  of  farming:    a  series  of  brief  and  plain  expositions  of 
practical   agriculture  as  an  art  based  upon  science. 
New  York,  1871.     Carleton,  331  p.     19  cm.  cl. 

The  author  hopes  that  those  who,  uninterested  in  farming  for 
its  own  sake,  yet  read  the  book  because  of  its  author's  reputa- 
tion, will  be  inspired  to  take  up  the  works  of  better  informed 
and  more  authoritative  writers  on  the  subject. 
The  dedication  reads  "To  the  man  of  our  age,  who  shall  make 
the  first  plow  propelled  by  steam,  or  other  mechanical  power, 
whereby  not  less  than  ten  acres  per  day  shall  be  thoroughly 
pulverized  to  a  depth  of  two  feet,  at  a  cost  of  not  more  than 
two  dollars  per  acre,  this  work  is  admiringly  dedicated  by 
the  Author." 

Hind,  H.  Y. 

Essay  on  the  insects  and  diseases  injurious  to  the  wheat  crops 
Toronto,  1857.     Lovell  &  Gibson,  139  p.    illus.     23  em.  cl. 

Essay  awarded  first  prize  by  the  Bureau  of  Agriculture  and 
Statistics  for  Upper  and  Lower  Canada  in  its  campaign  to  arrest 
insect  scourges  in  the  wheat  crops. 

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The  horticulturist  and  journal  of  rural  art  and  rural  taste,     vol.  1-xiv. 

Edited  by  A.  J.  Downing,  1846-1852,  vol.  i-vii. 

Edited  by  P.  Barry,  1853-1855,  viii-x. 

Edited  by  P.  Barry  &  J.  J.  Smith,  1855-1859,  vol.  x-xiv. 

Published  in  Albany,  1846.     Tucker. 

Published  in  Eochester,  1853.     James  Vick. 

Published  in  Philadelphia,  1855.     R.  P.  Smith. 

Published  in  New  York,  1858-9.     Saxton. 

illus.     24  cm.    %  lea. 

Very  g-ood  illustrations.  Contains  many  articles  on  contemp- 
orary horticulturists  who  are  still  of  great  importance,  such 
as  Downing-,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Loudon,  and  Michaux,  with  some 
portraits. 

Hovey,  Charles  Morse 

Magazine  of  horticulture,  botany,  and  all  useful  discoveries  and  im- 
provements in  rural  affairs,     vol.  xxi-xxii  (third  series,  vol.  i-ii) 
Boston,  1855-6.     Hovey  &  co.     vol.  xxi-xxii.     24  cm.  cl. 

Jefferson,   Thomas 

Notes  on  the  state  of  Virginia. 

Philadelphia,  1788.     Prichard  &  Hall.     20   cm.     orig.  lea. 

"A  notice  of  the  mines  and  other  subterraneous  riches;  its  trees, 

plants,   fruit,   etc."      (p.   24)    p.   35-79,   216-217. 

JoluifDn,  Samuel  W, 

Prom   the   letter-files  of  S.   W.  Johnson    .    .    .    ed.  by  his  daughter 

Elizabeth  A.  Osborne. 

New  Haven,  1913.    Yale  Univ.  Press.    285p.  ports,    facsim.    22  cm.  cl. 

Includes  his  "Superphosphate  of  lime"  p.  281. 

Extremely  interesting  side-lights  on  the  agricultural  chemists 
of  the  early  nineteenth  century  both  at  home  and  abroad,  and 
on  the  progress  of  the  science. 

Johnston,  James  Finlay  Weir 

Elements  of  agricultural  chemistry  and  geology    .    .    .    with  a  com- 
plete index  and  American  preface  by  Simon  Brown. 
New  York,  1860.     C.  M.  Saxton.     viii&372  p.     illus.     19  cm.     %  lea. 

Simple  explanations  for  the  practical   farmer,  dealing  especially 

with  soil  treatment. 

Johnston,  James  Finlay  Weir 

Lectures  on  the  applications  of  chemistry  and  geology  to  agricul- 
ture. New  edition  with  an  appendix  containing  suggestions  for 
experiments  in  practical  agriculture. 

New  York,  1850.    C.  M.  Saxton.    vi&618&89  p.   port.    diag.    20  cm.  cl. 
Progressive  lectures  from  the  elementary  to  the  technical. 

Journal  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England.     Vol.  1-75,  1840- 
1914. 

London,  1840-1914,  John  Murray,  vol  1-75.  illus.  22  cm.  part  cl.  and 
part  %  lea. 

vol.  1,  1840— vol.  44,.  1883;  vol.  51,  1890— vol.  59,  1898  bound  in 
%  lea.   gilt  back.     Other  vols,  bound  in  cloth. 

General  index  to  second  series,  1865-1889.     (vols.  25-50)   bound  sep- 
arately (cloth) 
vol.  16,  series  1  in  duplicate   (%   lea.  gilt  back) 

Klippart,  John  H. 

The  wheat  plant:  its  origin,  culture,  growth,  development,  com- 
position, varieties,  diseases,  etc  .  .  .  together  with  a  few  remarks 
on  Lidian  corn,  its  culture,  etc. 

The  wheat  plant  .  .  .  New  York,  1860.  A.  O.  Moore  &  co.  675  p. 
illus.     21  cm.  cl. 

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A  valuable  work,  based  not  only  upon  American  conditions 
but  on  foreign  authorities  as  well. 

Laurence,  Jolm 

A  new  system  of  agriculture.  Being  a  complete  body  of  husbandry 
and  gardening  in  the  parts  of  them.  Viz.  Husbandry  in  the  field, 
and  its  several  improvements.  Of  forest  and  timber  trees,  great  and 
small;  with  evergreens  and  flow'ring  shrubs,  etc.  Of  the  fruit- 
garden.  Of  the  kitchen-garden.  Of  the  flower-garden.  In  five  books. 
London,  1726.  Printed  for  Tho.  Woodward,  at  the  Half-Moon  over 
against  St.  Duustan's  Church  in  Fleetstreet.  Dedi.  pref.  contents 
&  456  p.  front,    illus.     36  cm.     orig.  calf. 

Large,  fine  paper.  Engr.  front,  by  Vander  Gucht.  Pencilled  an- 
notations in  margin. 

Lawes,  Sir  Jolin  Beimet,  bart. 

The  Eothamsted  memoirs  on  agricultural  chemistry  and  physiology. 
By  Sir  John  Bennet  Lawes,  Bart.  .  .and  Sir  Joseph  Henry  Gilbert.  .. 
London,  1893-1899.  Printed  by  W.  Clowes  &  sons,  ltd.,  and  by  Spot- 
tiswoode  &  Co.  7  &  1  vols,  iilus.  plates  (part  fold.)  tables,  diags. 
(part  fold.),  (part  col.)  21%  cm.  and  27  cm.,  fine  Morocco. 
Vols.  1-7  First  published  1847-1898. 

Vol.  8  First  published  1902-1912,  Harpenden  1914.  Printed  by  D. 
J.  Jeffery. 

Lawes,  Sir  John  Bennet,  bart. 

Eothamsted  memoirs  on  agricultural  chemistry  and  physiology. 
(From  the  "Philosophical  Transactions")  By  Sir  John  Bennet  Lawes, 
bart.    .    .and  Sir  Joseph  Henry  Gilbert.    .    , 

London,  1893-(1900)  Printed  by  W.  Clowes  &  sons,  ltd.  3  vols, 
piates,  tables  (part  fold.)     29%  cm.    fine  Morocco. 

Liebig,  Justus,  freiherr  von 

Natural  laws  of  husbandry,  by  Justus  von  Liebig;   edited  by  John 
Blyth,  M.  D.,  professor  of  chemistry  in  Queen's   College,  Cork. 
New  York,  1863.     Appleton,  379  p.  21  cm.  cl. 

Liebig,  Justus,  freiherr  von 

Principles   of  agricultural  chemistry;   with   special  reference   to  the 

late  researches  made  in  England. 

New  York,  1855.    John  Wiley,  vii&105  p.    20  cm.     cl. 

Lindley,  John 

The  theory  of  horticulture:  or,  An  attempt  to  explain  the  principal 
operations  of  gardening  upon  physiological  principles    .    .    .    second 
American  edition,  with  notes,  etc.  by  A.  J.  Downing. 
New  York,  1852.     Wiley,  xx&343  p.  illus.     20  cm.     cl. 

A  treatise  based  upon  general  and  specific  principles  applicable 
to  diverse  conditions,  rather  than  a  book  of  definite  directions 
to  be  followed  under  all  circumstances. 

Lisle,  Edward 

Observations  in  husbandry. 

London,  1757.     Printed  by  J.  Hughs,  450  p.     29  cm.  lea. 
Includes  observations   on  live-stock. 

Maison  Rustique.  see  Stevens,  Charles,  and  Liebault,  John.  Maison 
Eustique  (The  Countrey  Farme) 

Massachusetts  society  for  promoting  agriculture:  Papers  on  Agriculture; 
consisting  of  Communications  made  to  the  Massachusetts  Society 
for  Promoting  Agriculture. 

Boston,  1803.  Young  &  Minns,  printers  to  the  state.  93  p.  231/2 
cm.  pa.  (rebound  in  buckram.) 

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Contains  list  of  members  of  the  society,  premiums  offered  for 
agricultural  experiments,  and,  on  p.  68,  William  Forsyth's  direc- 
tions for  tree-surgery. 

Miller,  Philip 

Gardener's  and  Botanist's  Dictionary.    .    .see  The  Garden, 

Mukerji,  Nitya  G-opal 

Hand-book  of  Indian  agriculture. 

Calcutta,  1901.     Printed  by  E.  Dutt,  Hare  press.     xxv&884  p.    illus. 

22  cm.  cl. 

A  very  useful  book,  giving  native  and  English  names  and  meth- 
ods. A  classified  summary  of  the  material  treated  is  given 
in  the  front  of  the  book. 

Nash,  J.  A. 

"The  progressive  farmer:   a  scientific  treatise   on   agricultural  chem- 
istry, the  geology  of  agriculture;   on  plants,  animals,  manures,   and 
soils,  applied  to  practical  agriculture. 
New  York,  1856.    C.  M.  Saxton.    x&254  p.    20  cm.     cl. 

Our  farm  of  four  acres  and  the  money  we  made  by  it. 

London,  1862.     Chapman  &  Hall.     124  p.     19  cm.  bds.     ed.  19. 

Same  (from  12th  London  edition)  with  an  introd.  by  Peter  B.  Mead. 

126  p.     19  cm.    bds. 

A  city  family's  experiences  in  the  country,  and  what  they  learned 
there,  told  entertainingly  and  in  detail.  Gives  a  good  picture  of 
English  middle-class  life  in  a  small  town. 

Pedder,  James 

The  farmer's  land-measurer  or  pocket  companion;  showing,  at  one 
view,  the  content  of  any  size  of  land,  from  dimensions  taken  in  yards. 
With  a  set  of  useful  agricultural  tables,  by  James  Pedder,  editor 
of  the  Boston  cultivator. 

New  York  pref.,  1854.  Orange  Judd  &  co.  144  p.  (text  &  tables) 
16  cm.  cl. 

Quincy,  Josiah 

Essays  on  the  soiling  of  cattle,  illustrated  from  experience;  and 
an  address  containing  suggestions  which  may  be  useful  to  farmers. 
Boston,  1859.     John  Wilson  &  son.     64  p.     24  cm.  cl. 

Address  quoted  was  made  in  1819.  The  book  applied  especially 
to  Massachusetts,  where  cattle-soiling  was  not  prevalent  at 
the   time   of  publication. 

Rothamsted  Memoirs:  see  Lawes,  Sir  John  Bennet,  bart. 

Smith,  Joseph  A.  comp. 

Productive  farming;   or  a  familiar  digest  of  the  recent   discoveries 

of  Liebig,  Johnston,  Davy,  and  other  celebrated  writers  on  vegetable 

chemistry;    showing    how    the    results    of    tillage    might    be    greatly 

augmented. 

New  York,  1843.     Appleton,  150  p.     19  cm.  pa. 

Stevens,  Charles,  and  Iiiebault,  John 

Maison  Kustique,  or,  The  Couutrey  Farme.  Compyled  in  the  French 
Tongue  by  Chanes  Stevens  and  John  Liebault,  Doctors  of  Physicke. 
And  translated  into  English  by  Eichard  Surflet,  Practitioner  in 
Physicke.  Now  newly  Eeviewed,  Corrected,  and  Augmented,  with 
divers  large  Additions,  out  of  the  Works  of  Serres  his  Agriculture, 
Vinet  his  Maison  Champestre,  (French),  Albyterio  in  Spanish, 
Grilli  in  Italian;  and  other  Authors.  And  the  Husbandrie  of  France, 
Italic,  and  Spaine,  reconciled  and  made  to  agree  with  ours  here  in 

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England:  by  Gervase  Markham. 

London,  1616.     Printed  by  Adam  Islip  for  John  Bill.     732  p.    illus. 

28  cm.     calf  gilt  back  and  edge. 

A  very  fine  copy,  rebound  in  polished  mottled  calf,  with  gilt 
edge  and  back  and  blind-tooled  doublure.  Quaint  and  interest- 
ing wood-cuts  in  the  text. 

The  spelling  of  "country"  appears  on  the  title-page  "countrey" 
and  in  many  other  places  as  "countrie,"  "Farme"  and  "house" 
also  are  used  interchangeably,  in  the  chapter  headings. 
A  table  of  months  and  moon-phases  in  which  to  sow  seeds  is 
given,  as  well  as  an  alphabetical  Table  of  Matters,  A  Table  of 
the  "principall"  things  newly  added,  and  a  Table  of  the  Diseases 
and  Remedies  described  in  the  Seven  Bookes  of  the  volume. 
The  Fifth  Booke,  with  its  illustrated  directions  for  measuring 
lands,  would  doubtless  be  of  incalculable  value  to  present-day 
surveyors. 

In  the  ninth  chapter  of  the  First  Booke  are  given  the  days  of  the 
month  with  their  propitious  and  unpropitious  influences;  it 
would  seem  that  the  husbandman  and  accomplishing  the  work 
prescribed  in  the  rest  of  the  volume  must  be  unbelievably  in- 
dustrious on  the  few  "safe"  days. 

This  is  one  of  the  greatest  old  agricultural  books,  and  a  great 
favorite  of  George  Washington. 

Switzer,  Stephen 

Ichnographia  Eustica:  or,  the  Nobleman,  Gentleman,  and  Gardener's 
Eecreation.  Containing  Directions  for  the  Surveying  and  Dis- 
tributing of  a  Country-Seat  into  Eural  and  Extensive  Gardens,  by 
the  Ornamenting  and  Decorating  of  distant  Prospects,  Farms,  Parks, 
Paddocks,  etc.  Originally  calculated  (instead  of  inclosed  Planta- 
tions) for  the  Embellishment  of  Countries  in  general;  as  also  for 
an  Introduction  to  a  General  System  of  Agriculture  and  Planting. 
Illustrated  with  above  Fifty  Copper  Plates,  done  by  the  best  Hands, 
which,  though  first  published  above  twenty  Years  ago,  has  given 
rise  to  every  thing  of  the  kind,  which  has  been  done  since.  The 
second  edition,  with  large  Additions.     3  vols. 

London,  1742.  Printed  for  J.  &  J.  Fox,  and  others.  3  vols,  illus. 
plans  (fold.)     20  cm.     orig.     calf  gilt  back. 

Title  on  outside  of  back  reads  Switzer's  Husbandry.  Armorial 
book-plate   of  Sir  Jacob  Astley,   bart. 

The  Appendix  at  the  end  of  vol.  3  contains,  among  other  addi- 
tions to  the  work,  remarks  "On  the  several  Parts  of  a  Tree,  with 
the  different  Motion  of  Sap  in  Trees;  wherein  the  Doctrine  of 
Circulation,  as  maintained  by  some  very  ingenious  Authors,  is 
made  doubtful,  if  not  entirely  erroneous.  On  the  spontaneous 
Production  of  Plants  in  general.  With  a  Dissertation  on  mush- 
rooms, and  a  receipt  for  raising  of  them." 

The  book  is  full  of  Quotations  from  authors  ancient  and  "mod- 
ern".    A  remarkably  interesting  and  delightful  work. 

Taylor,  John  Orville 

The  Farmer's  school  book  .  .  .  This  work  contains  the  most  im- 
portant  information  on  Agriculture. 

Albany,  1837.  "Common  school  depository"  from  the  power-press 
of  Hoffman  and  White.     236  p.     15%  cm.     lea. 

A  children's  school  text-book  as  well  as  a  handbook  for  adults. 

There  are  several  chapters  on  simple  physics  and  chemistry. 

It    is    interesting    to    note    the    mention    of    the    "power-press," 

which   was   still    an   innovation. 

Thaer,  Albrecht  Daniel 

The  principles  of  practical  agriculture  ...  by  Albert  D.  Thaer; 
trans,  by  William  Shaw,  esq.,  .  .  .  and  Cuthbert  W.  Johnson,  esq., 
P.  E.  S. 

New  York,  1857.  C.  M.  Saxton  and  co.  ix&551&40  p.,  illus.  23y2 
cm.     cl. 

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London  edition  includes  Dumaa  on  manures;  Becquerel  and 
Lawes  on  the  action  of  salt  in  vegetation  and  its  uses  in 
agriculture. 

Tull,  Jethro 

Horse-Hoeing  Husbandry;  or,  An  Essay  on  the  Principles  of  Vege- 
tation and  Tillage.  Designed  to  introduce  A  New  Method  of  Cul- 
ture; Whereby  the  Produce  of  Land  will  be  increased,  and  the  usual 
Expense  lessened.  Together  with  Accurate  Descriptions  and  Cuts 
of  the  Instruments  employed  in  it.     ed.  3  corr. 

London,  1751.  A.  Miller.  xvi&426  p.,  plates.  22  cm.  orig.  calf,  new 
gold  back. 

Many  statistics  g'iven  in  proof  of  superiority  of  results  obtained 

by  using  horse-drawn  plows. 

Tusser,  Thomas 

Five  Hundred  Points  of  Good  Husbandry.  As  well  for  the  Cham- 
pion or  open  Countrey,  as  also  for  the  Woodland  or  Several,  mixed 
in  every  Moneth,  with  Houswifery,  over  and  besides  the  Book  of 
Houswifery  Corrected,  better  ordered,  and  newly  augmented  to  a 
fourth  part  more,  with  divers  other  lessons,  as  a  diet  for  the  Farmer, 
of  the  properties  of  Winds,  Plants,  Hops,  Hearbs,  Bees,  and  ap- 
proved Eemedies  for  Sheep  and  Cattel;  with  many  other  matters  both 
profitable,  and  not  unpleasant  to  the  Eeader.  Also  two  Tables,  one 
of  Husbandry,  and  the  other  of  Houswifery,  at  the  end  of  the  Book, 
for  the  better  and  easier  finding  out  of  any  matter  contained  in  the 
same.  Newly  set  forth  by  Thomas  Tusser,  Gent. 
London,  1672.  Printed  by  T.  E.  and  M.  D.  for  the  Company  of 
Stationers.  146  p.,  exclusive  of  tables.  20  cm.  lea. 
In  small  to  black  letter.  Closely  printed.  The  edition  of  1672 
has  some  corrections  and  improvements  on  the  editions  closely 
preceding  it. 

I 
The  standard  editions  of  this  work  are  those  of  1580  and  1585. 
The  first  edition  appeared  in  1557. — "A  Hundred  good  Pointes 
of  Husbandrie."  The  edition  of  1562  probably  "contained  the 
germ  of   the   Book   of   Huswifery." 

The  book  abounds  in  amusing  yet  wise  advice  and  quaint  ob- 
servations. Many  well-known  sayings  and  proverbs  originate 
in  Tusser  or  were  recast  by  him. 

"Seek  home  for  rest,  for  home  is  the  best." 
"At  Christmas  play  and  make  good  cheer, 
For  Christmas  comes  but  once  a  year." 
One  of  the  foundation  books  on  agriculture. 

Tusser,  Thomas 

Five  hundred  points  of  Good  Husbandry  .  .  .  together  with  A  Book 
of  Huswifery  ...  A  new  edition  with  notes,  Georgical,  illustrative, 
and  explanatory,  a  glossary,  and  other  improvements  by  William 
Mavor,  L.L.D.  v 

London,  1812.  Lackington,  Alien,  and  co.  36&XL&338  p.  24  em. 
full  Morocco  gilt  edge  and  back. 

A  very  fine  copy.     Beautifully  rebound  by  Riviere.     Printed   in 
red  and  black,  with  an  extra,  decorated  title-page. 
There  is  a  biographical   sketch   of  Tusser,  which,   with   the  text 
itself  gives   a   good  picture   of  English   country   life   in   the   six- 
teenth century. 
A  "Catalogue  of  the  editions  of  Tusser"  is  a  valuable  feature. 

United  States  Agricultural  Society 

Quarterly  journal  of  agriculture  .  .  .  for  January,  1860;  ed.  by  Ben. 
Perley  Poore.     Vol.  7,  no.  4,  p285-388. 

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Washington,  1860.     U.  S.  Ag.  Soc.     W.  H.  Moore,  printer    p.  285-388 

of  vol.  7  no.  4.    25  cm.  pa.    Unopened. 

Contains  extract  from  an  address  by  Abram  (Abraham)  Lin- 
coln on  intensive  farming. 

Vilmorin-Andrieux  et  cie. 

The  vegetable  garden;  illustrations,  descriptions,  and  culture  of  the 
garden  vegetables  of  coid  and  temperate  climates   .    .,  .   English  edi- 
tion published  under  the  direction  of  W.  Eobinson,  editor  of   "The 
Garden." 
London,  1885.     Murray  xvi&601  p.,  illus.     24  cm.    cl. 

"The  translation  is  wholly  the  work  of  Mr.  W.  Miller" — pref . 
Gives  many  varieties. 

Voelcker,  John  Augustus 

Eeport  on  the  improvement  of  Indian  agriculture;  by  John  Augustus 
Voelcker,  Ph.  D.,  B.  A.,  B.  Sc.  F.  I.  C,  etc.,  consulting  chemist  to 
the  Royal  Agriculture  Society  of  England. 

ed.  2.  Calcutta,  1897.  Ofc.  of  Supt.  of  Govt.  Ptg.  xxxiii&522  p. 
maps.     25y2  cm.  cl. 

WasMngton,  George 

Letters  on  agriculture  from  his  excellency  George  Washington, 
President  of  the  United  States,  to  Arthur  Young,  Esq.,  F.  R.  S.  and 
Sir  John  Sinclair,  Bart.,  M.  P.;  with  statistical  tables  and  remarks, 
by  Thomas  Jefferson,  Eichard  Peters,  and  other  gentlemen,  on  the 
economy  and  management  of  farms  in  the  United  States;  edited  by 
Franklin  Knight. 

Washington,  1847.  Pub.  by  the  editor.  198  p.,  facsim.  29  cm.  cl. 
Contains  a  number  of  facsimile  letters  of  George  Washington 
and  also  a  copy  of  his  will.  The  book  is  valuable  not  only  for 
the  data  it  gives  on  agriculture  of  the  late  eighteenth  century, 
but  for  the  light  it  gives  on  the  character  and  the  literary  style 
of  the  man. 

Watson,  Alexander 

American  home  garden;  being  principles  and  rules  for  the  culture  of 
vegetables,  fruits,  flowers,  and  shrubbery;  to  which  are  added  brief 
notes   on   farm   crops,   with    a   table    of   their   average   product   and 
chemical  constituents. 
New  York,  1859.     Harper,  ix&519  p.,  illus.     20  em.  cl. 

Weston,  Richard     (A  Country  Gentleman,  pseud,) 

Tracts  on  practical  agriculture  and  gardening  in  which  the  advan- 
tage of  imitating  the  garden  culture  in  the  field,  is  fully  proved, 
by  a  seven  years  course  of  experiments.  Particularly  addressed  to 
the  gentlemen  farmers  in  Great  Britain.  With  observations  made 
in  a  Jate  tour  through  part  of  France,  Flanders,  and  Holland.  Also 
several  useful  improvements  in  Stoves  and  Green-Houses.  To  which 
is  added,  a  complete  chronological  catalogue  of  English  authors  on 
agriculture,  gardening,  etc.:  by  a  country  gentleman. 
London,  1769.     S.  Hooper,  xxxiii&277&70  p.  1  pi.     21  cm.  calf. 

Book-plate  of  Calgarth  Park.  Fly-leaves  etc.  covered  •with  writ- 
ten notes  on  planting  the  field  (mathematically)  and  on  other 
subjects  relating  to  agriculture. 

The  catalogue  is  extremely  interesting  as  it  contains  many 
biographical   notes. 

Worlidge,  John 

Systema  Agriculturae;  the  Mystery  of  Husbandry  discovered;  Treat- 
ing of  the  several  new  and  most  Advantageous  Ways  of  Tilling, 
Planting,   Sowing,   Manuring,    Ordering,    Improving   of    all    sorts    of 

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Gardens,  Orchards,  Meadows,  Pastures,  Cornlands,  Woods,  and  Cop- 
pices; as  also  of  fruits.  Corn,  Grain,  Pulse,  New  Hays,  Cattle,  Fowl, 
Beasts,  Bees,  Silk  Worms,  etc.  With  an  account  of  the  several  In- 
struments and  Engines  used  in  this  Profession;  To  which  is  added 
Kalendarium  Eusticum;  or,  The  Husbandmaus  Monthly  Directions. 
Also  the  Prognosticks  of  Dearth,  Scarcity,  Plenty,  Sickness,  Heat, 
Cold,  Frost,  Snow,  Winds,  Eain,  Hail,  Thunder,  etc.  And  Diction- 
arium  Eusticum:  or,  the  Interpretation  of  Eustick  Terms.  The 
whole  Work  being  of  great  Use  and  Advantage  to  all  that  delight 
in  that  most  Noble  Practice.  The  Second  Edition  carefully  Cor- 
rected and  Amended,  with  many  large  and  useful  Additions  through- 
out the  whole  Work:  By  the  Author.  Published  for  the  Common 
Good:     By  J.  W.  Gent. 

London,  167.5.  Printed  by  J.  C.  for  Thomas  Dring.  324  p.,  illus.,  front. 
30  cm.,  folio  calf. 

Several   quaint   engravings. 

The   Prooemium   or    Preface    in    praise    of   Agriculture   refers    to 

the  high   esteem  in  which   the  ancients  held  the  occupation  and 

cites  illustrious  examples  such  as  Cyrus,  Lysander,  Pliny,  Cato, 

Plato,  Attilus,  Cicero,   and  many  others. 

"An  esteemed  work." — Lowndes. 


FRUITS 

"Close  by  the  Gates  a  spacious  Garden  lies. 

From  Storms  defended,  and  inclement  Skies; 

Four  Acres  was  th'  allotted  Space  of  Ground, 

Fenc'd  with  a  Green  Enclosure  all  around. 

Tall-thriving  Trees  confess'd  the  thriving  Mold; 

The  Eed'ning  Apple  ripens  here  to  Gold. 

Here  the  Blue  Figs  with  luscious  Juice  o'erflows; 

With  deeper  Eed  the  full  Pomegranate  grows: 

The  branch  here  bends  beneath  the  weighty  Pear, 

And  verdant  Olives  flourish  all  the  Year." 

Homer-Odyssey,  Bk.  7. 
This    description    of    The    Garden    of    Alcinous    as    translated    by 
Euston,  is  taken  from  Switzer's  Husbandry   (Ichnographia  Rus- 
tica)   on  pages  8,  9. 

American  horticultural  society 

Transactions,  vol.   1-5,   1883-188S. 

Indianapolis,  1883-1886,  1888.     Carlton   &  Hollenbeck.     Vols.   1-5  in 

10  illus.    24  cm.  cl. 

Vol.  1-2,  1883-1884  under  title  Mississippi  Valley  horticultural  society. 

Transactions. 

Vol.  5  contains  report  of  the  8th  annual  meeting,  held  in  San  Jose, 

California,  and  Eiverside,  California 

American  pomological  society 

Proceedings: 

1873-75         1899-1901 

1881-83         1903-     05 

1885-87         1907-     09 

1889-91         1911-     13 

189^-97 

Published  by  the  society,  1873-91.     (31  cm.) 

Published  by  the  society,  1895-1913.     (24  cm.)     illus.     %  lea. 

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Austen,  Balph 

A  Treatise  of  Fruit-trees,  shewing  the  manner  of  Planting,  Graft- 
ing, Pruning,  and  ordering  of  them  in  all  respects;.  .  .whereunto  is 
annexed  Observations  upon  Sr.  Fran.  Bacon's  Natural  History,  as 
it  concerns  Fruit-trees,  Fruits,  and  Flowers;  also,  Directions  for 
Planting  of  Wood  for  Building,  Fuel,  and  other  uses;  whereby  the 
Value  of  Lands  may  be  much  Improved  in  a  short  time,  with  small 
Cost  and  little  Labour.  The  Third  Impression,  Eevised,  with  Ad- 
ditions, by  Ea.  Austen,  Practiser  in  the  Art  of  Planting. 
Deut.  20.10:  Thou  shalt  not  destroy  the  Trees,  being  trees  for 
meat;  for  the  Tree  of  the  Field  is  mans  life. 

Amos  4.4:     They  shall  Plant  Gardens,  and  eat  the  fruits  of  them. 
Oxford,  1665.     Printed  by  William  Hall,  for  Amos  Curteyne,  260&82 
p.     1514  cm.,  old  calf   (probably  rebound.) 

The  Analysis  and  Table  of  Contents  are  very  entertaining',  but 
hardly- the  thing-  for  ready  reference.  The  information  is  use- 
ful and  simply  expressed,  and  the  wholly  unrelated  subjects 
treated  in  succeeding  paragraphs  are  an  index  to  the  leisurely 
and  philosophical  attitude  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Copious 
Biblical  and  classical  quotations  are  incorporated  in  the  text, 
and  tlie  very  evident  sincerity  and  infatuation  for  his  subject 
on  the  author's  part  put  one  in  instant  sympathy  with  him. 
In  revising  Sir  Francis  Bacon's  Natural  History  Austen  pleads 
Bacon's  own  desire  (in  his  "Advancement  of  Learning").  "That 
the  Writings  of  speculative  men  upon  active  matter  seems  to 
men  of  experience  to  be  but  as  dreams  and  dotage:  And  that 
it  were  to  be  wished,  (as  that  which  would  make  Learning 
indeed  solid  and  useful)  that  active  men  would  or  could  become 
writers." 

The  author  agitates  the  enactment  of  laws  to  encourage  hus- 
bandry and  forestry,  and  the  appointment  of  officers  to  enforce 
them  and  advise  the  less  learned  agriculturists.  Rather  interest- 
ing in  these  days  of  Forestry  Service  and  Farm  Advisers. 
The  first  edition  of  the  Treatise  of  Fruit-trees  appeared  in  1653. 
Diet.  Nat.  Biog. 

Barry,  Patrick 

The  fruit  garden;  a  treatise  intended  to  explain  and  illustrate  the 
physiology  of  fruit  trees,  the  theory  and  practice  of  all  operations 
connected  with  the  propagation,  transplanting,  pruning  and  train- 
ing of  orchard  and  garden  trees,  as  standards,  dwarfs,  pyramids, 
espaliers,  etc.;  the  laying  out  and  arranging  different  kinds  orchards 
and  garden,  the  selection  of  suitable  varieties  for  different  pur- 
poses and  localities,  gathering  and  preserving  fruits,  treatment  of 
diseases,  destruction  of  insects,  descriptions  and  uses  of  imple- 
ments, etc. 
New  York,  1860.    Saxton  &  Barker,  xii&389  p.,  illus.    20  cm.   cl. 

Buell, 

Cider  makers  manual,  Buffalo,,  1869. 

Do-WTung,  Andrew  Jackson 

Fruits  and  fruit  trees  of  America;  or,  the  culture,  propagation,  and 
management,  in  the  garden  and  orchard,  of  fruit  trees  generally;  with 
descriptions  of  all  the  finest  varieties  of  fruit,  native  and  foreign, 
cultivated  in  this  country.  .  .illustrated  with  many  engravings. 
New  York,  1845.  Wiley  and  Putnam,  xiv&590  p.,  illus.  20  cm.  cl. 
(rebound) 

The    library    has    also    the    editions    and    reprints    of    18.46,    1849, 
1858,  and  1880,  the  latter  two  corrected  by  Charles  Downing. 
One  of  the  best-known  American  horticulturists,  and  the  Amer- 
ican pioneer  in  horticulture  and  landscape  gardening. 

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Forsyth,  William 

A  Treatise  on  the  culture  and  management  of  Fruit-Trees;  in  which  a 
new  method  of  pruning  and  training  is  fully  described;  to  which  is 
added,  a  new  and  improved  edition  of  "Observations  on  the  diseases, 
defects,  and  injuries,  in  all  kinds  of  fruit  and  forest  trees:"  with 
an  account  of  a  particular  method  of  cure,  published  by  Order  of  Gov- 
ernment; by  William  Forsyth,  F.  A.  S.  and  F.  S.  A.;  gardener  to  his 
Majesty  at  Kensington  and  St.  James. 
London,  1802.    Nichols  &  son,  viii&360  p.,  illus.    28i/^  cm.   lea. 

Directions  for  pruning  and  tree  surgeryt  illustrated  with  num- 
erous plates  and  diagrams,  and  showing  tools  to  be  used. 

Hof f y,  A. 

Hoffy's  North  American  pomologist,  containing  numerous  finely  col- 
ored drawings  accompanied  by  letter  press  descriptions,  etc.  of  fruits 
of  American  origin;  edited  by  Willliam  D.  Brinckle,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 
Book  1. 

Philadelphia,  1860.  A.  Hoffy,  vi&unpaged  port,  and  col.  pi.  27% 
cm.      cl. 

Unusually  fine  hand-colored  plates,  the  work  of  A.  Hoffy. 

Hovey,  Charles  Mason 

The   fruits   of  America,   containing  richly   colored   figures   and   full 

descriptions   of   all  the   choicest   varieties   cultivated   in   the   United 

States. 

New  York,  1853.     D.  Appleton  &  eo.,  viii&lOO  p.,  front,   illus.,  col. 

pi.  ports.     36  cm.  el 

Ikeda,  Tomochlka 

The  Fruit  culture  in  Japan. 

Tokyo,  n.  d.     Seibido,  110  p.,  port.     22  cm.  pa. 

Resume  of  climatic  and  soil  conditions  in  Japan,  and  geographic 
and  classified  lists  of  fruits  grown,  with  descriptions  of  Jap- 
anese methods. 

Knight,  Thomas  Andrew 

A  treatise  on  tlie  culture  of  the  apple  &  pear,  and  on  the  manu- 
facture of  cider  and  perry.     2nd  ed.   enl. 

Ludlow,  1801.  H.  Procter,  181  p.&  postscript.  18  cm.  %  lea.  calf  gilt 
back. 

Water-mark   1800   appears   in  paper. 

Postscript  suggests  method  for  making  cider  or  perry  to  with- 
stand long  sea  voyages. 

McEwen,  George 

The  culture  of  the  peach  and  -nectarine.  .  .  edited  and  enlarged 
by  John  Cox. 

London,  1859.  Groombridge  &  sons,  v&52  p.,  illus.  col.  front.  22^^ 
cm.     cl. 

Treats  only  of  the  wall  and  hothouse  tree. 

Mcintosh,  Charles 

The   orchard:   including  the   management   of  wall   and   standard  fruit 
trees  and  the  forcing  pit. 

London,  1839.  Wm.  S.  Orr  &  co.,  viii&420  p.  illus.  hand  col.,  front, 
t.  p.  &  pi.     19  cm.     cl.     gilt-edge. 

Mississippi  Valley  horticultural  society 

Transactions,  vol.  1,  2,  1883-i. 

Indianapolis,   1883-4.      Carlon   &   Hollcnbeck.     Vol.    1-2    in   4.      illus. 

24  cm.     cl. 

This    set    is    vol.    1-2    of    the    American      horticultural      society's 

Transactions. 

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Sayers,  Edward 

The  American  fruit  garden  companion,  being  a  practical  treatise 
on  the  propagation  and  culture  of  fruit,  adapted  to  the  northern 
and  middle  states. 

Boston,  1839.     Weeks,  Jordan  &  co.     xv&174  p.     171/2  cm.  cl. 
Interesting  as  an  early  handbook. 

New  York  (State)  Dept.  of  Agriculture 

The  apples  of  New  York  by  S.  A.  Beach,  vol.  11  of  the  report  of 

the  New  York  Agr.  Exp.   Sta.     1903   II. 

Albany,  1905.     Lyon,  iv&360  p.     iilus.  col.  pi.     24  cm.  cl. 

Description  and  history.  Good  illustrations  and  fine  colored 
plates  of  fruits,  giving  cross-section  as  well  as  exterior  views. 

New  York  (State)  Dept.  of  Agriculture 

The  plums  of  New  York  by  U.  P.  Hedrick.    .    .vol.  3  part  II  of  the 
18th  annual  report  of  the  New  York  Agr.  Exp.  Sta.  1910      II. 
Albany,  1911.     State  printer  (Lyon)     xii&580  p.,  col.  pi.     31  cm.    cl. 
Description  and  history.     Blossoms  as  well  as  fruits  well  illus- 
trated  in   fine   colored   plates.      T^runes   are   included. 

New  York  (State)  Dept.  of  Agriculture 

The  grapes  of  New  York  by  U.  P.  Hedrick.    .    .vol.  3  part  II  of  the 
15th  annual  report  of  the  New  York  Agr.  Exp.  Sta.,  1907     II. 
Albany,  1908.    State  printer  (Lyon)  xv&536  p.,  col.  pi.    31  cm.  cl. 

Very  fine  colored  plates  of  fruit  and  leaf-branches.  Full  de- 
scription and  history  of  each  grape,   but  no   cultural  directions. 

Switzer,  Stephen 

The  practical  fruit-gardener;  Being  the  best  and  newest  Method 
of  raising.  Planting,  and  Pruning  all  Sorts  of  Fruit-Trees,  agree- 
ably to  the  Experience  and  Practice  of  the  most  eminent  Gardeners 
and  Nursery -Men;  by  Stephen  Switzer;  Eevised  and  recommended 
by  the  Eevd.  Mr.  Laurence  and  Mr.  Bradley.  Adorn'd  with  proper 
Plans. 

London,  1724.  Tho.  Woodward,  333p.  pla.*  (fold.)  20i/^  cm.,  orig. 
calf,  tooled. 

Deals  especially  with  English  method  of  "flooring"  borders  for 
fruit  trees,  and  with  soils  and  their  qualities.  In  speaking  of 
the  newly  instituted  plan  of  mid-summer  tree  planting  the 
author  exclaims:  "A  rare  Inducement  to  Planters,  to  shew 
them  how  much  may  yet  be  undiscover'd  of  their  Art,  what  a 
large  Field  they  have  to  expatiate  in,  and  such  as  our  fore- 
fathers never  so  much  as  dreamt  of!" 

Thomas,  John  Jacobs 

The   American  fruit   culturist,   containing   directions   for   the  propa- 
gation and  culture  of  fruit  trees  in  the  nursery,  orchard,  and  garden; 
with   descriptions   of   the   principal   American   and   foreign   varieties 
cultivated  in  the  United  States,    ed.  7. 
Auburn,  1853.     Derby  and  Miller,  xiv&421P.,  illus.     20   cm.  cl. 

The  library  has  also  the  reprints  and  editions  of  1857,  1867,  1885, 

1914  (rev.  from  ed.  21  by  W.  H.  S.  Wood.) 

The    first    edition    preceded    Downing's    Fruits    and    fruit    trees 

of  America  by  1  year. 

Tilton's  journal  of  horticulture  and  florist's  companion  .    vols.  1,  3,  5,  9. 
1867-1871. 
Boston,  1867-1871  vol.  1,  3,  5,  9.  illus.  23  cm.  cl. 

Published    from    1867    to    1869    under    title    American    journal    of 

horticulture. 

Warder,  John  Aston 

American  pomology;  Apples. 

New  York,  cl867.     Orange  Judd,  vii&737p.,  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 

Has    author's    autograph    dedication    on    a   page    inserted    in    the 

front. 

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Wood,  William  H.  S.,  ed. 

American    fruit    culturist;    containing    practical    directions    for    the 
propagation  and  culture  of  all  fruits  adapted  to  the  United  States, 
by  John  J.  Thomas.    .   .twenty-first  edition,  rev.  and  enl.  by  William 
H.  S,  Wood.    .    .illus.  with  over  800  accurate  figures. 
New  York,  1914.     Orange  Judd  co.,  xvii«&;814p.,  ilius.     22   cm.  el. 

A  late  edition  of  a  work  published  in  1847. 

Valuable  on  fruits  and  nuts.     The  information  is  easily  found. 

For  fruits,  see  also  Citrus  Culture  and  Grapes. 

There    is    also    material    among    the    books    on    Agriculture    and 
Gardening-. 


THE  GARDEN 


Go  down  to  Kew  in  lilac-time  (It  isn't  far  from  London!) 
Go  down  to  Kew  in  lilac-time  (It  isn't  far  from  London!)" 
And  you  shall  wander  hand  in  hand  with  love  in  summer's  wonder-land; 
Go  down  to  Kew  in  lilac-time  (It  isn't  far  from  London!)" 

Alfred  Noyes'  "Barrel-organ." 

The  Botanical  magazine;  or,  Flower-garden  displayed:  in  which  the 
most  ornamental  foreign  plants,  cultivated  in  the  open  ground, 
the  green-house,  and  the  stove,  are  accurately  presented  in  their 
natural  colours.  To  which  are  added,  their  names,  class,  order,  generic 
and  specific  characters,  according  to  the  celebrated  Linnaeus;  and 
their  places  of  growth,  and  times  of  flowering:  together  with  the 
most  approved  methods  of  culture.  A  work  intended  for  the  use 
of  such  ladies,  gentlemen,  and  gardeners,  as  wish  to  become  scien- 
tifically acquainted  with  the  plants  they  cultivate.  Vol.  1-45. 
London,  1793-1818.  Printed  by  S.  Couchman,  vol.  1-45,  port.,  col.,  pi. 
24  cm.  %  lea. 

By  William  Curtis,  1793-1800,  vol.  1-14. 
By  John  Sims,  1801-1818,  vol.  15-45. 

Title    of   vols.    15-45   reads    "Curtis'    botanical    magazine."      Port. 
of   Willliam   Curtis   as   front,    of   vol.   xvi.,    p. 1096,    descriptive   of 
plate   1096    is   missing.      Latin   and   English   indices   in   each   vol- 
ume.    Very  fine  hand-colored  plates. 
An   extremely   valuable   run   in   good   condition. 

Breck,  Joseph 

New  book  of  flowers. 

New  York,  cl866.     Orange  Judd  &  co.,  xii&480  p.,  iluis.     19^^  cm.  cl. 
Deals  with  garden  flowers  capable  of  out-door  cultivation. 

Bridgeman,  Thomas 

The  florist's  guide;  containing  practical  directions  for  the  cultiva- 
tion of  annual,  biennial,  and  perennial  flowering  plants.  .  .in- 
cluding the  double  dahlia;  with  a  monthly  calendar  containing  in- 
structions for  the  management  of  green-house  plants  throughout 
the  year.     ed.  3,  enl.   &  imp. 

New  York,  1840.     Bridgeman,  180  p.     19  cm.     ci. 
Adapted    to    the    home-grower. 

British  florist;  or,  Lady's  journal  of  horticulture.    .    .in  six  volumes  with 
eighty-one  carefully  colored  plates. 
London,  1846.    Henry  G.  Bohn,  6  vols,  in  3  col.  engr.     23  cm.     %  calf. 

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The  divisions  of  the  work  are  under  title  Florist's  journal,   and 

the   outside   title  reads   British    florist.     Very   fine   hand-colored 

plates. 

Non-scientific    articles    on    description    and    culture    of    plants: 

each   month   a  calendar   of   the  current  month   and   a  resume   of 

weather  conditions  of  the  month  preceding,  is  given. 

Buist,  Robert 

American  f lovper-ga?  ten  directory;  containing  practical  directions 
for  the  culture  of  plants  in  the  fiower-garden,  hot-house,  green- 
house, rooms,  or  parlour  windows,  for  every  month  in  the  year.  .  . 
with  instructions  for  erecting  a  hot-house,  green-house,  and  laying 
out  a  flower-garden.  .  .with  instructions  for  preparing  the  soil, 
propagating,  planting,  pruning,  training,  and  fruiting  the  grape  vine. 
New  York,  cl854.     Orange  Judd,  334  p.     20  cm.  cl. 

Carter's  practical  gardener;  a  handy  book  on  everyday  matters  connected 

with  garden  routine;  illustrated,     ed.  3. 

London,  1869.     E.  Marlborough  &  co.,  138,  advertisements,  xviii  p., 

illus.     17  cm.     pa. 

Colored  designs  for  flower-beds. 

Directions  for  each  month,  particularly  for  the  professional 
gardener,  including  much  material  on  conservatories,  orchid- 
house,  etc. 

Cecil,  the  Hon.  Mrs.  Eveljm  (The  Honorable  Alicia  Amlierst) 

A  history  of  gardening  in  England,     ed.  3. 

New  York,  1910.     Dutton,  xviii&383  p.,  illus.     23%   cm.     cl. 

The  text  of  the  book  is  extremely  interesting,  and  the  facsimile 
prints  as  well. 

Very  good  bibliograpliy  of  English  books  on  gardening,  begin- 
ning with  1516.  &  author  list.  . 

Churcli,  Ella  Hodman 

The  home  garden  (Appleton's  home  books) 

New  York,  1889.     D.  Appleton,  121  p.,  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 

A  very  good  book  for  the  lover  of  a  small  sweet  garden. 

Copeland,  Robert  Morris 

Country  life;   a  handbook   of   agriculture,  horticulture,   and  landscape 
gardening. 
^Boston,  1859.     John  P.  Jewett  &  co.,  X&804  p.,  engr.     22  cm.  cl. 

Chronological  arrangement  by  months.  Deals  particularly  with 
landscape  gardening. 

Downing,  Andrew  Jackson 

Rural  essays.   .    .edited,  with  a  memoir  of  the  author,  by  George  Wil- 
liam Curtis,  and  a  letter  to  his  friends,  by  Frederika  Bremer. 
New  York,  cl853.    Leavitt  &  Allen,  Lxxi&557  p.,  illus.    231/0  cm.   cl. 
Landscape  gardening.     "The  horticulturist  and  journal  of  rural 
art  and   rural   taste,"   edited   by  Downing,   will   be   found   among 
the  books  on  the  Farm-Stead. 

Downing,  Andrew  Jackson 

A  treatise  on  the  theory  and  practice  of  landscape  gardening  adapted 
to  North  America;  with  a  view  to  the  improvement  of  country  resi- 
dences.  .   .with  remarks  on  rural  architecture, 
ed.  4  enl.  rev.  and  newly  ilius. 

New  York,  1849.     Putnam,  532  p.,  illus.     24  cm.  cl. 
same;  ed.  5,  New  York,  1856.     Saxton,  532  p.,  illus.,  front,     (port,  of 
Downing)      24  cm.  cl. 

Of  great  interest  as  the  earliest  distinctively  American  work 
on  the  subject.  Many  illustrations  of  contemporary  American 
residences  are  given. 

The  Florist,  fruitist,  and  garden  miscellany  v.   12,  1859.     London,  1859. 
"Florist"  office,  378  p  ,  woodcuts  and  col.  pi.     22  cm.    cl. 
An  English  periodical  on  gardening  matters. 

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Gardener's  monthly  and  horticultural  advertiser;  edited  by  Thomas  Mee- 
han,  V.  4,  1862. 
Philadelphia,  1862.     W.  G.  P.  Brinckloe,  v.  4,  illus.     251/2  cm.  cl. 

Henderson,  Peter 

Practical  floriculture;  a  guide  to  the  successful  cultivation  of  florist's 

plants    for  the  amateur  and  professional  florist. 

New  York,  cl869.     Orange  Judd,  246  p.,  ilius.     191/2  cm.  cl. 

Johnson,  Louisa 

Every  lady  her  own  flower  gardener;  addressed  to  the  industrious 
and  economical;  containing  simple  and  practical  directions  for  culti- 
vating plants  and  flowers  on  the  garden  and  in  rooms.  .  .rev.  from 
the  fourteenth  London  ed.  &  adapted  to  the  use  of  American  ladies. 
(Saxton's  rural  hand-books) 
New  York,  1856.     Saxton,  110  p.     191/2   cm.  pa. 

A    very    simple,    practical    hand-book,    with    chronological    table 

of  Blossoniiug  times.     Quaint. 

London,  Horticultural  society  of 

Transactions.     V.  1-7. 

London,    1850-1830.      Published   by   the    society   and   printed   by   W. 

Bulmer  &  co.   and  by  W.  Nicol.   7  vols,   engrs.,  diag.   and  col.  PI. 

32  cm.     %  lea. 

Large  paper.    Very  fine  hand-colored  plates.    Vol.  1  is  of  the  sec- 
ond   edition.      Vol.    2-7    have    no    edition    specified.      Vol.    7    con- 
^  tains  temperature  chart  and  meteorological  observations.     Con- 

tributed articles  by  some  well-known  authorities  and  by  mem- 
bers of  the  society.  Treats  of  general  gardening  and  horticul- 
tural matters,  including  fruits. 

Loudon,  Mrs.  Jane  (Webb) 

The  ladies  flower-garden  of  ornamental  annuals,   1840. 
The  ladies  flower-garden  of  ornamental  bulbous  plants    1841. 
The  ladies  flower-garden  of  ornamental  greenhouse  plants,  1848. 
The  ladies  flower-garden  of  ornamental  perennials,  v.  1,  1843. 
The  ladies  flower-garden  of  ornamental  perennials,  v.  2,  1844. 
London,  1840-1848.     Smith,  5  vols.,  col.  pi.     28  cm.,  %  calf. 

A  complete  set  of  this   well-known  and   important  work.        The 

colored  plates  are  remarkably  fine. 

Miller,  Philip 

Gardener's  and  Botanist's  Dictionary;.  .  .  by  the  late  Philip  Miller, 
F.  E.  S.  .  .To  which  are  now  first  added,  a  complete  Enumeration  and 
Description  of  all  plants  hitherto  known,  with  their  Generic  and 
Specific  Characters,  Places  of  Growth,  Times  of  Flowering,  and 
uses  both  Medicinal  and  Economical;  the  whole  corrected  and  newly 
arranged,  with  the  addition  of  all  the  modern  improvements  in  Land- 
scape Gardening,  and  in  the  Culture  of  Trees,  Plants,  and  Fruits, 
particularly  in  the  various  kinds  of  hot  houses  and  forcing  frames: 
with  Piates  explanatory  both  of  them,  and  the  Principles  of  Botany; 
by  Thomas  Martyn,  B.  D.,  F.  E.  S.,  Eegius  Professor  of  Botany  in  The 
University  of  Cambridge.     2  vols,  in  four. 

London,  1807.  Printed  by  Law  and  Gilbert,  2  vols  in  4,  illus.  44 
cm,     lea.,  gilt  edge  and  back. 

15  fine  engraved  botanic  plates  and  5  engraved  plans  of  green- 
houses,  fruit-houses,   etc.   in  vol.   1,   part   1. 

Miller,  Philip 

The  Gardener's  Dictionary:  containing  the  Best  and  Newest  Meth- 
ods of  Cultivating  and  Improving  the  Kitchen  Fruit,  Flower  Garden, 
and  Nursery;  As  also  for  Performing  the  Practical  Parts  of  Agricul- 
ture: including  the  Management  of  Vineyards,  with  the  Methods  of 

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Making  and  Preserving  the  Wine,  according  to  the  present  Prac- 
tice of  the  most  skillful  Vignerons  in  the  several  Wine  Countries  in 
Europe;  together  with  Directions  for  Propagating  and  Improving 
from  Eeal  Practice  and  Experience,  all  sorts  of  Timber  Trees. 
The  Seventh  Edition,  Eevised  and  Altered  according  to  the  latest 
System  of  Botany;  and  Embellished  with  several  Copper-Plates,  which 
were  not  in  the  former  Editions;  by  Piiilip  Miller,  P.  E.  S.,  Gar- 
dener to  the  Worshipful  Company  of  Apothecaries,  at  their  Botanick 
Garden  in  Cheisea,  and  Member  of  the  Botanick  Academy  at  Florence. 
London,  17.59.  Printed  for  the  Author,  not  paged,  thick  folio.  41 
cm.     lea.     Tight  back,  laced-in  boards. 

One   of   the  most   important   books   in   any   gardening   collection. 

The  first  edition  appeared  in  1731-7. 

Nicholson,  George,  ed. 

The  illustrated   dictionary  of  gardening;    a  practical   and   scientific 

encyclopedia  of  horticulture  for  gardeners  and  botanists.     5  vols. 

London,  n.  d.   Gill,  5  vols.    (1-4   and  Century   supplement  illus.    col. 

fronts.     26  cm.  cl. 

A  very  useful  and  valuable  w^ork  for  the  gardener.  Vol.  5 
contains  indices  to  flowering  periods,  colors,  heights,  special 
purposes,  common  names,  etc. 

Parkinson,  Jolin 

Paradisi  in  Sole  Paradisus  Terrestris.  or,  A  choise  Garden  of  all 
sorts  of  Barest  Flowers,  with  their  Nature,  place  of  Birth,  time  of 
flowering,  Names,  and  Vertues  to  each  Plant,  useful  in  Physick,  or 
admired  for  Beauty.  To  which  is  annext  a  Kitchin-Garden.  .  .With 
the  Art  of  planting  an  Orchard.  .  .All  unmentioned  in  former 
Herbals.  Collected  by  John  Parkinson,  Apothecary  of  London,  and 
the  King's  Herbarist.  2d  impression  much  corrected  and  enlarged. 
London,  1656.  Printed  by  E.  N.  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Eichard 
Thrale.  612  p.  &  index,  table  of  English  names  of  plants,  and  table 
of  herbs  and  their  uses,     front.  &  illus.     34  cm.     calf. 

Large   paper.      Profusely   illustrated.     Bookplate   of   Ham   Court. 

p.   307-8  in  duplicate. 

A    very    interesting    engraved    half-title    page    illustrating    the 

earthly  paradise  or  garden  of  Eden,  with  many  of  its  animal  and 

vegetable  inhabitants  pictured  in  detail. 

A  very  rare  and  charming  old   book,  referred   to  by  the  author 

in  his  dedication  to   Queen  Henrietta  Maria,  consort  of  Charles 

I,    as    a    "Feminine    Work    of    Flowers."      The    first    edition    was 

published   in    1629.     The   author   dedicated   his   Theatrum   Botan- 

icum,   a   "Manlike  Worke   of  Herbes  and   Plants"    (pub.   in   1640) 

to  Charles  I. 

Parkman,  Francis 

The  book  of  roses. 

Boston,  18B6.     Tilton,  225  p.     20  cm.    cl. 

Particularly  interesting  as  the  work  of  the  famous  historian, 
who  occupied  the  chair  of  Horticulture  in  the  Harvard  College 
of  Agriculture   for   several  years. 

Parsons,  Samuel  Bowne 

Parsons    on   the    rose;    a   treatise   on    the    propagation,    culture,    and 

history  of  the  rose. 

New  York,  cl869.     Orange  Judd,   211  p.,  illus.     IQi/^   cm.   cl. 

Originally   written   about   1848,   and   full   of   charming   historical 

and   legendary  allusions   in  regard   to   roses. 

Paul,  William 

The  rose  garden,     ed.  9. 

London,  pref.  1888.  Kent  &  co.,  xiv&356  p.,  illus.,  col.  pi.  32  cm.  cl. 
Division  1,  History  and  poetry  of  the  rose,  formation  of  the  rosarium, 
and  an  account  of  the  cultivation  of  the  flower. 

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Division  2,  Arrangement  in  natural  groups  of  best  roses,  with  de- 
scriptions and  remarks  on  their  origin  and  mode  of  culture. 

Very  interesting-  history  of  roses  from  earliest  known  mention 
to  the  time  of  publication,  and  a  most  useful  work.  Beautifully 
illustrated. 

Rand,  Edward  Sprague,  Jr. 

Bulbs;  a  treatise  on  hardy  and  tender  bulbs  and  tubers. 
Boston,  1866.     Tiiton,  292  p.,  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 

A   good   handbook,   giving    in   detail   methods   of   indoor    growth. 

Rand,  Edward  Sprague,  Jr. 

Seventy-five  popular  flowers,  and  how  to  cultivate  them. 
Boston,  1870.     Tiiton,  204  p.,  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 
A   practical   book. 

Repton,  Humphry,  Esq. 

An  enquiry  into  the  changes  of  taste  in  landscape  gardening;  to  which 

are   added   some   observations  on  its  theory   and  practice,   including 

a  defence  of  the  art. 

London,  1806.     Taj^or,  V&174  p.     23  cm.   i/^   lea.     rebound. 

"Written  for  Martyn's  edition  of  Miller's  Gardener's  Dictionary. 
Contains  letters  in  a  controversy  between  the  author  and  Uvedale 
Price,  author  of  "An  essay  on  the  picturesque." 

Sayers,  Edward 

A  treatise  on  the  culture  of  the  dahlia  and  cactus. 

Boston,  1839.     Weeks,  Jordan  &  co.,  vi&72  p.     16  cm.   bds. 

History  of  the  dahlia,  and  methods  of  treatment  especially 
adapted  to  Massachusetts,  where  it  was  becoming  very  popular 
at  the  time. 

Speede,  G.  T.  Frederic 

Indian  hand-book  of  gardening;  or  guide  to  the  management  of  the 
kitchen,  fruit,  and  flower-garden,  in  India,.  .  .a  Hindoostanee 
vocabulary  of  horticultural  terms,  and  a  list  of  plants,  ed.  2,  enl. 
&  corr. 

Calcutta,  1842.     W.  Thacker  &  co.,  353&259  p.,  illus.     22  cm.    cl. 
Contains  list  of  plants  with  height  of  each;   Hindoostanee-Eng- 
lish   and  Bnglish-Hindoostanee   terms,   as   well   as  Hindoostanee 
calendar.     Garden  calendar.     Very  useful  for  India. 

Waipole,  Horace,  4th,  earl  of  Oxford 

Essay  on  modern  gardening.  .  .with  a  faithful  translation  into 
French  by  the  Duke  of  Nivernois;  A  reprint  in  type  facsimile  of  the 
edition  printed  by  Mr.  Waipole  at  Strawberry  Hill  MDCCLXXXV; 
to  which  is  added  an  introductory  note  by  Alice  Morse  Earle. 
Canton,  Penn.,  1904.  The  Kingate  press,  24«fc94  p.,  facsim.  25  cm.  cl. 
Edition  of  375  copies  printed  on  Enfield  hand-made  paper.  Contains 
two  facsimile  letters  written  by  Waipole  to  the  due  de  Nivernois  in 
appreciation  of  the  work  done  by  the  latter  in  rendering  the  Essay 
into  French  (one  letter  a  first  draft,  showing  corrections).  English 
text  and  French  rendering  are  on  facing  pages  throughout,  and 
notes  explanatory  of  English  customs  mentioned  in  the  text  are 
appended  to  the  French  version.  This  is  the  first  reprint  made  since 
the  original  French  and  English  edition  of  400  copies  was  printed 
at  Strawberry  Hill  in  1785. 

The  introduction  by  Mrs.  Earle  is  in  itself  a  delightful  essay  on 
Waipole,  his  attitude,  his  work,  and  the  circumstances  which 
made  him. 

Vick's  monthly  magazine, 

Eochester,  1878-1883.     Vick,  vol.  1-6;  illus.,  col.  pi.     24  cm.  cl. 

Has    departments    for    young    people    where    gardening    and    bo- 
tanical questions  are  answered. 
One  of  the  well-known  garden  magazines  of  the  time. 

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Wright,  John 

The  flower-grower's   guide.    .     .with   coloured  illustrations  by   Miss 

Marie  Low  and  Miss  Gertrude  Hamilton.     3  vols. 

London,  dedi.,  1896.    Virtue,  3  vols.,  illus.,  col.  pi.    28l^  cm.    %  lea. 
A  very  fine  work,  with  beautiful  illustrations.     Not  well  adapted 
to   the   small   simple   garden,    but   treats   rare    and   exotic    plants 
exhaustively. 


GRAPE  CULTURE 


"Here,  order'd  Vines  in  equal  Eanks  appear 
With  all  th'  united  Labours  of  the  Year. 
Some  to  unload  the  fertile  Branches  run, 
Some  dry  the  black'ning  Clusters  in  the  Sun; 

Others  to  tread  the  liquid  Harvest  join; 
The  groaning  Presses  foam  with  Floods  of  Wine. 
Here  are  the  Vines  in  early  Flow'rs  descry'd, 
Here  Grapes  discolour'd  on  the  Sunny-side:" 

From  Euston's   Odyssey. 

Ohorlton,  William 

The   cold  grapery,  from   direct  American   practice;   being  a  concise 
and   detailed   treatise   on   the   cultivation   of   the    exotic   grape-vine, 
under  glass,  without  artificial  heat. 
New  York,  1853.    J.  C.  Riker,  95  p.,  illus.     19  cm.   cl. 

Du  Breuil,  Alphonse 

Vineyard  culture  improved  and  cheapened.    .    .tr.  by  E.  &  C.  Parker 

.    .    .with  notes  and  adaptations  to   American   culture  by  John   A. 

Warder. 

Cincinnati,  1867.     Ciarke,  xvi&337  p.,  illus.     20  cm.  cl. 

Eisen,  Gustav 

The  raisin  industry;  a  practical  treatise  on  the  raisin  grapes;  their 

history,  culture,  and  curing. 

San  Francisco,  1890.     Crocker,  218  p.,  illus.     25%  cm.  cl. 

Flagg,  WiUiam  Joseph 

Three  seasons  in  European  vineyards;  treating  of  vine-culture;  vine 
disease  and  its  cure;  wine-making  and  wines,  red  and  white;  wine- 
drinking,  as  affecting  health  and  morals. 
New  York,  1869.     Harper,  321  p.,  illus.     19^2   cm.    cl. 

Fuller,  Andrew  S. 

The  grape  culturist;  a  treatise  on  the  cultivation  of  the  native  grape. 
New  York,  1864.  Davies  &  Kent,  259  p.,  illus.  191/2  cm.  cl.  Edi- 
tions of  1866  and  1867  also. 

Clear   directions.      Horizontal   arm   &   renewal   systems. 

Haraszthy,  Agostin 

Grape  culture,  wines  and  wine-making;  with  notes  upon  agriculture 
and  horticulture. 

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New  York,  1862.    Harper,  420  p.,  illus.     24%  cm.    cl. 

Account  of  a  trip  of  inspection  through  wine-making  countries 
of  Europe;  quotations  from  many  European  authorities;  grapes 
and  wines  in  California;  the  silk-worm;  beet-sugar;  fruit-drying, 
etc.      The  journal   itself   is   entertaining. 

Hedrick,  TJ.  P. 

The  grapes  of  New  York:     see  Fruits. 

Husmann,  George 

The  cultivation  of  the  native  grape,  and  manufacture  of  American 

wines. 

New  York,  1866.     Woodward   (office   of  the  Horticulturist)    192  p., 

illus.     19%  cm.    cl. 

A  work  for  the  novice,  giving  simple  and  inexpensive  methods. 

Husmann,  George 

Grape   culture   and   wine-making  in   California;    a   practical   manual 
for  the  grape-grower  and  wine-maker. 

San  Francisco,  1888.    Payot,  Upham  &  co.,  380  p.,  illus.     19%  cm.    cl. 
There  is  a  chapter  on  Raisin-making. 

Mead,  Peter  B. 

An  elementary  treatise  on  American  Grape  culture  and  wine-making. 
New  York,  1867.     Harper  and  Bros.,  476  p.,  illus.     24  cm.    cl. 

Deals  more  fully  with  the  trained  vine  than  with   the  vineyard 

grape. 

Phin,  Jolin 

Open  air  grape  culture;  a  practical  treatise  on  the  garden  and  vine- 
yard culture  of  the  vine,  and  the  manufacture  of  domestic  wine.  .  . 
for.  ^  .use.  .  .in  the  northern  and  middle  states.  .  .to  which  is 
added  a.  .  .description  of  the  celebrated  Thomery  system  of  grape 
culture. 
New  York,  1862.     Saxton,  375  p.,  illus.     191/2  cm.   cl. 

Descriptive  catalog  native  grapes,  preserving,  raisin-making. 
The  edition  of  1867,  Sheldon,  is  in  library. 


GRASSES  and  FIBRES 

Sussex 

"Clean  of  officious  fence  or  hedge. 

Half-wild  and  wholly  tame. 
The  wise  turf  cloaks  the  white  cliff  edge 

As  when  the  Romans  came." 

Rudyard  Kipling 

Flint,  Charles  Louis 

Grasses  and  forage  plants;  a  practical  treatise  comprising  their  na- 
tural history,  comparative  nutritive  value,  methods  of  cultivating, 
cutting,  and  curing,  and  the  management  of  grass  lands  in  the  United 
States  and  British  provinces,     ed.  5  rev.  and  enl. 

Boston,  1860.     Crosby,  Nichols,  Lee   &  co.,   viii&388  p.,  illus.     211/2 
cm.     cl. 
Library  also  has  edition  of  1888  (rev.) 

Deals  especially  with  the  improvement  of  marshland  grasses. 


Plues,  Margaret 

British   grasses:    an   introduction   to   the   study  of  the   Gramineae  of 

Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 

London,  1867.    Eeeve  &  co.,  vi&301&xvi  p,  col.  pi.    20  cm.    cl. 

Reeve,  Gabriel 

Directions  Left  by  a  Gentleman  to  his  Sonns:  for  the  Improvement  of 

Barren  and  Heathy  Land  in  England  and  Wales. 

London,  1670.     Printed  by  E.   T.   and  E.  H.   for  E.  Eoyston,  34  p. 

20  cm.   calf. 

Very  fine  calf  rebinding,  green  and  gold  back. 

On  the  raising  of  flax,  with  an  account  of  the  industry  as  prac- 
ticed in  Flanders.  A  very  interesting  little  treatise,  told  in 
a  conversational   narrative   form. 

Seemann,  Berthold 

Popular  history  of  the  palms  and  their  allies,  containing  a  familiar 
account  of  their  structure,  geographical  and  geological  distribution, 
history,  properties,  and  uses,  and  a  complete  list  of  all  the  species 
introduced  into  our  gardens. 

London,  1856.  Lovell  Eeeve,  xiv&345  p.,  col.  pi.  16%  cm.  %  lea. 
Much  of  the  information  was  gained  during  a  cruise  around 
the  world  on  H.  M.  S.  "Herald."  Numerous  crudely-colored  but 
faithfully  illustrative  plates. 

Sinclair,  George 

Hortus  gramineus  Woburnensis;  or,  an  account  of  the  results  of 
experiments  on  the  produce  and  nutritive  qualities  of  different 
grasses  and  other  plants  used  as  the  food  of  the  more  valuable  do- 
mestic animals.  .  .pointing  out  the  kinds  most  profitable  for  perma- 
nent pasture,  irrigated  meadows,  dry  upland  pasture,  and  the  al- 
ternate husbandry;  accompanied  with  the  discriminating  characters 
of  the  species  and  varieties,    ed.  3. 

London,  1826.     James  Eidgway,  xx&428  p.,  illus.     27  cm.    cl. 
Hand-colored  engravings.     Eebound. 

Squier,  Ephraim  George 

Tropical  fibres;   their  production  and  economic   extraction. 
New  York,  1863.     Scribner,  64  p.  xvi,  plates.     24  cm.   cl. 
Very  fine   (uncolored)   lithographic  plates. 

Turner,  Frederick 

Australian  grasses,     vol.  1. 

Sydney,  1895.     Potter,  Govt,  printer,  xxxviii&63  p.,  illus.     25  cm.  cl. 


HERBALS 


"O,  mickle  is  the  powerful  grace  that  lies 
In    herbs,   plants,    stones,    and    their   true    qualities; 
For  nought  so  vile  that  on  the  earth  doth  live 
But  to  the  earth  some  special  good  doth  give." 

Fr.   Laureuce,  in  "Eom-.'o  and   .Juliet. 

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Culpeper,  Nicholas 

Culpeper's  English  physician;  and  complete  herbal.  To  which  are 
now  first  added,  upwards  of  one  hundred  additional  herbs  with  a 
display  of  their  medicinal  and  occult  properties.  .  .  to  which  are 
annexed  ruics  for  compounding  medicine  according  to  the  new  sys- 
tem of  nature:  Forming  a  complete  family  dispensatory  and  natural 
system  of  physic.  Beautified  and  enriched  with  engravings  of .  .  . 
plants  and.  .  .  anatomical  figures.  .  .  by  E.  Sibley. 
London,  Year  of  masonry,  5793  (1790)  Printed  for  the  author,  2 
vols,  in  1  pi.     27  cm.  lea. 

Good  anatomical  and  herbal  illustrations. 

Flint,  Martha  Bockee 

A  garden  of  simples. 

New  York    1900.     Scribners,  307  p.     20  cm.  bds. 

Arranged  in  the  old  style  of  printing-,  arrangement,  and  bind- 
ing, and  crowded  with  quotations  from  and  allusions  to  the  old- 
time  writers  on  herbs  and  gardening  in  general.  A  fascinating 
hodge-podge  of  entertaining  material,  very  cleverly  put  together. 

Crerarde,  John 

The  Herbail;  or,  Generall  Historie  of  plantes.  Gathered  by  John 
Gerarde  of  London,  Master  in  Chirurgerie.  Very  much  enlarged  and 
Amended  by  Thomas  Johnson,  Citizen  and  Apothecarye  of  London. 
London,  1633.  Printed  by  Adam  Islip,  Joice,  Norton,  and  Eichard 
Whitakers,  1630  p.  Engr.  front,  illus.  37  cm.  calf  (orig?) 
Large  paper.  Very  fine  engraved  pictorial  title-page,  and  other  en- 
gravings. Alphabetical  tables  in  Latin  and  in  English,  the  latter 
in  blackletter.  The  table  of  Vertues  is  interesting.  Has  name  and 
address  of  Ant.  Thompson  with  date  1636  on  front  fly-leaf,  and 
the  book-plate  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  appears  on  the  verso 
of  the  leaf  following  the  title  page. 

This  book  is  very  valuable,  and  stood  equally  with  I'arkinson's 
Theatrum  Botanicum  as  the  authoritative  reference  book  on 
botany  until  the  time  of  Ray. 

Good,  Peter  P. 

The  family  flora  and  materia  medica  botanica;  containing  the  botan- 
ical analysis,  natural  history,  and  chemical  and  medical  properties 
and  uses  of  plants.  .  .illustrated  by  colored  engravings.  2  vols, 
rev.  ed. 

Cambridge  (Mass.)  cl854.  Peter  P.  Good,  Jr.  2  vois.  col.  pi.  24  cm.  el. 
Not  usable  as  a  first-aid  medical  work  as  there  is  no  index.  The 
properties  of  each  herb  follow  its  description,  but  there  is  no  sys- 
tematic arrangement.  The  herbs  described  in  vol.  2  are  arranged 
or  listed  in  a  table  according  to  seasons,  i.  e.,  spring,  summer,  etc. 
A  chart  explaining  and  illustrating  the  Linnaean  System  is  given 
,  in  vol.  2.     Profusely  illustrated. 

Green,  Thomas 

The  universal  herbal;  or,  botanical,  medical,  and  agricultural  dic- 
tionary. Containing  an  account  of  all  the  known  plants  in  the 
world,  arranged  according  to  the  Linnaean  system.  Specifying  the 
uses  to  which  they  are  or  may  be  applied,  whether  as  food,  as  medi- 
cine, or  in  the  arts  and  manufactures.  With  the  best  methods  of 
propagation  and  the  most  recent  agricultural  improvements,  ed.  2  rev. 
London,  pref.  1824.  Caxton  press,  2  vols.,  col.  pi.  28  cm.  lea.,  gilt 
back  and  decorations. 
Very  fine  hand-colored  plates,  front.,  and  extra  title-pages. 

Hunter,  John  D. 

.  .  .Some  account  of  the  soil  climate,  and  vegetable  productions, 
and  the  Indian  materia  medica  in  his  Hunter's  Narrative  of  the  man- 

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ners  and  customs  of  several  Indian  tribes  located  west  of  the  Missis- 
sippi. 

Philadelphia,    1823.      Ptg.    for    the    author    by    J.    Maxwell,    402    p. 
22  cm.  lea. 
p.  145-161,  180-182,  368-395. 

Valuable  for  Indian  herb  remedies  as  described  by  one  who  was 
thoroug-hly  familiar  with,  and  had  made  use  of  them  among  the 
Indians.  The  book  is  very  interesting  on  Indians  and  Indian 
character. 

Lewer,  H.  W. 

A  Book  of  Simples.     Being  a  Eeproduction  of  the  Still-Eoom  Book 

belonging  to  an  old  Manor  House. 

London,  1908.    Low,  234  p..  Demy  8vo.    parchment. 

"Produced    in    the    best    style."      Pure    rag   paper,    deckle    edged, 

bound  in  green  parchment,  full  gilt  back. 

Lindley,  John 

Flora  medica;   a  botanical  account  of  all  the  more  important  plants 

used  in  medicine  in  different  parts  of  the  world. 

London,  1838.     Longman,  Orme,  etc.,  xiii&636  p.     22  cm.      %  lea. 

Orta,  Garcia  da.    1490-1570 

Colloquies  on  the  simples  and  drugs  of  India.    .    .new  ed.     (Lisbon, 

1895)    edited   and  annotated  by   the   conde   de  Picalho;    trans,   with 

an  introd.  and  index  by  Sir  Clements  Markham. 

London,  1913.     Sotheran,  xxi&509  p.,  illus.     22  cm.  cl. 

By  one  of  the  greatest  early  authorities  on  medicine  and  drugs, 
written  as  a  discussion  between  a  suppositious  doctor  and  Orta 
himself.  The  historical  setting  of  the  book,  also,  is  very  in- 
teresting. 

Parkinson,  John 

Theatrum  Botanicum:  The  Theater  of  Plants,  or.  An  Universall  and 

Compleate   Herball;    Composed   by   John   Parkinson   Apothecarye    of 

London,  and  the  Kings  Herbarist. 

London,  1640.    Printed  by  Tho.  Cotes,  1755  p.,  illus.,  engr.,  t.  p.  port. 

35  cm.,  calf,  gilt  back. 

This  is  a  first  edition.  Fine  copy.  Thousands  of  woodcuts, 
and  an  engraved  title-page  (by  W.  Marshall)  with  portrait  of 
author  below  those  of  Adam  and  Solomon.  Contains  much  mat- 
ter on  the  universal  history  of  plants  not  contained  in  previous 
works.  The  dedication  of  this  "Manlike  Worke  Of  Herbes  and 
Plants"  is  to  Charles  I,  as  that  of  his  "Feminine  Worke  of 
Flowers"  (Paradisi  in  Sole)  was  to  his  consort.  Queen  Henrietta 
Maria.     "Table  of  the  Vertues." 

"Gerarde's  herbal  and  this  work  were  the  two  main  pillars  of 
botany  in  England  to  the  time  of  Ray" — Lowndes. 


THE  HOTHOUSE  and  EXOTICS 

"It's   twenty   thousand  mile   to   our  little   lazy  isle 
Where  the  trumpet-orchids  blow!" 

Eudyard  Kipling 

Brooke  &  Co.,  Fairfield  nurseries 

The   Fairfield   orchids;    a   descriptive   catalogue   of   the   species   and 
varieties  grown  by  James  Brooke  &  co.,  Fairfiald  nurseries. 
London,  1872.     Bradbury,  Evans,  &  co.,  vi&128  p.     23  cm.  cl. 

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An   "Introduction  to  orchidology."     Gives   references   to  colored 
plates  in  many  orchid  books.     Glossary. 

Burbidge,  Frederick  William 

Cool  orchids  and  how  to  grow  them;   with  a  descriptive  list  of  all 

the  best  species  in  cultivation. 

London,  1874.     Hardwicke,  160  p.,  illus.,  col.  pi.      18  cm.    cl. 

Miner,  Harriet  Stewart 

Orchids,  the  royal  family  of  plants 

Boston,  1885.     Lee  &  Shepherd,  90  p.,  col.  pi.     36  cm.    cl 
Heavy  plate  paper.     Fine  colored  plates. 

Speechly,  William 

A  Treatise  on  the  Culture  of  the  Pineapple  and  the  Management 
of  the  Hot-House;  together  with  a  description  of  every  species  of 
Insect  that  infest  Hot-Houses,  with  effectual  methods  of  destroying 
them,  ed.  2  with  additions. 

York,  1796.     Printed  for  the  Author.    .    .by  G.  Peacock,  xvi&197  p., 
engr..  plates   (part  fold.)      22  cm.    %   lea.   (original) 
Outside    title   reads   Speechly's   Hot   House. 

Contains  several   plans   for   the   construction   and   heating   appa- 
ratus  of  the  hot-house. 

Directions   for   the   construction   of   hot-houses   are   contained   in 
Downing's  "Treatise"  and  other  books. 


PLANT  STUDY 

"Once  in  a  golden  hour 

I  cast  to  earth  a  seed. 
Up  there   came  a  flower, 

The  people  said,  a  weed." 

"The   Flower"      Tenuysou. 

Bailey,  F.  M, 

A  companion  for  the  Queensland  student  of  plant  life. 
Brisbane,  1893.     Govt.  ptg.  ofc,  108  p.     22  cm.    %  lea. 

Consists    in    large    part    of    a    "glossary    of    botanic    terms,    their 
explanation  and  application,  functions  of  the  various  organs,  etc." 

Balfour,  John  Hutton 

The  plants  of  the  Bible;  trees  and  shrubs. 

London,  1857.     T.  Nelson  &  sons,  iv&54  p.,.  col.  pi.     25  cm.  cl. 

Many    colored    plates.      General    descriptions    and    often    genera 
and   species,   are   given,   as   well   as   Biblical   allusions. 

Beck,  Lewis  C. 

Botany  of  the  northern  and  middle  states;  or  a  description  of  the 
plants"  found  in  the  United  States,  north  of  Virginia;  arranged  ac- 
cording to  the  natural  system,  with  a  synopsis  of  the  genera  accord- 
ing to  the  Linnaean  system — a  sketch  of  the  rudiments  of  botany, 
and  a  glossary  of  terms. 

Albany,   1833.     Webster   &  Skinners,  463  p.     19   cm.  lea. 
Botanical  colored  plates.      (Excerpt  from  Encyclopedia  Londoniensis. 
London,  1799.    15  fine  colored  plates'.     29i/^  cm.    %  suede. 

Brown,  Robert 

The  miscellaneous  botanical  works  of  Robert  Brown.      (Publications 

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of  the  Eay  Society)  2  v.  &1. 

London,  1866-68.     Pub.  for  the  society  by  Hardwieke,  E.  2.  vols.  &  1 

of  pi.     23  cm.    el.  &  37  cm.  bds. 

V.  3  is  atlas  (of  plates)  37  cm.  bds. 

Contents:    vol.   I,   1. — Geographico-botanical,   and   2. — structural   and 

physiological   memoirs,      vol.   II,    3. — Systematic    memoirs,    and    4. — 

Contributions  to  systematic  works,    vol.  Ill,  Atlas. 

The   engravings   are   very   fine,   many   from   the   original  plates   for 

Capt.  Flinder's  "Voyage  to  Terra  Astralis"  and  others  belonging  to 

the    Council    of    the    Linnaean    Society.      Brown    was    the    greatest 

botanical  authority  of  his  day  (1773-1858) 

Crombie,  Rev.  Jacobus  M. 

Lichenes   Brittannici,   sen   lichenum   in   Anglia,   Scotia,   et   Hibernia 
vigentium,  enumeratio,  cum  eorum  stationibus  et  distributions. 
London,  1870.     L.  Eeeve  &  co.,  vii&138  p.    18  cm.   61. 

An   account   of   the   lichens   discovered   and   classified   by    others 
•    as  well  as  rare  kinds  found  by  the  author. 

Curtis'  botanical  magazine    see 

Botanical  magazine  under  heading  The  Garden. 

Darwin,  Charles 

Different  forms  of  flowers  on  plants  of  the  same  species. 

New  York,  1877.    Appleton,  viii&345  p.,  illus.,  20  cm.    cl.     same  1889. 

Darwin,  Charles 

The  effects  of  cross  and  self  fertilization  in  the  vegetable  kingdom. 
New  York,  1892.     Appleton,  viii&469  p.,  tables.     20  cm.     cl. 

Darwin,  Charles 

Insectivorous  plants. 

New  York,  1892.     Appleton,  x&453   p.,  iilus.     201/2   cm.    cl. 

Minute  descriptions  of  plants  which  absorb  animal  matter 
through  glands. 

Darwin,  Charles 

The  movements  and  habits  of  climbing  plants,    ed.  2  rev. 

New  York,  1876.    Appleton,  viii&206  p.,  illus.     20  cm.  cl.     same  1891. 

"This  essay  first  appeared  in  the   9th  vol.  of  Jour,  of  Linnaean 

Society,  pub  in  1865." 
Darwin,  Charles 

The  power  of  movement  in  plants  by  Charles  Darwin.    .    .assisted 

by  Francis  Darwin. 

New  York,  1892.     Appleton,  x&573  p.,  illus.     201/2  cm.     cl. 

Movement,    aside    from    growth,      with      illustrative      diagrams. 

Plants  and  leaves  going  to  sleep. 

Darwin,  Erasmus 

The  botanic  garden;  a  poem  in  two  parts. 

Part  1  containing  the  Economy  of  Vegetation. 

Part  2,  the  Loves  of  the  Plants;  with  philosophical  notes. 

London,  1795.     J.  Johnson,  218&200  p.,  iilus.     29  cm.     lea. 

Laudatory  poems  by  Cowper  and  others  to  the  author  appear 
at  the  beginning  of  the  book.  The  author  was  the  grandfather 
of  Charles  Darwin. 

riguier,  Louis 

The  vegetable  world;  being  a  history  of  plants,  with  their  structure 
and  peculiar  properties;  adapted  from  the  work  of  Louis  Figuier; 
with  a  glossary  of  botanical  terms. 

London,  Paris,  &  New  York,  n.  d.  Cassell,  Peter,  etc.,  viii&569  p., 
illus.     19%  cm.     cl, 

A    non-technical    botany,    and    very    useful,    for    the    amateur    of 

that   time. 

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Goodale,  George  Lincoln 

Wild   flowers   of   America;    with    fifty-one   coiored   plates   by    laaae 

Sprague. 

Boston,  1886.  Brandlee  Whidden,  205  p.,  illus.,  col.  pi.     34  cm.  cl. 

Gray,  Asa 

Manual  of  the  botany  of  the  western  United  States;  revised  edition 
including    Virginia,    Kentucky,    and    all    east    of    the    Mississippi; 
arranged  according  to  the  natural  system.    .    .with  six  plates  illus- 
trating the  genera  of  ferns. 
Chicago,  1859.    S.  C.  Griggs  &  co.,  xsiv&606  p.,  plates.    22  cm.    1/2  lea. 

Hosack,  David 

Hortus  Elginensis:   or  a  catalogue  of  plants,  indigenous  and  exotic, 
cultivated    in    the    Elgin    Botanic    Garden,    in    the    vicinity    of    the 
city  of  New  York  established  in   1801.     ed.   2   enl. 
New  York,  1811.     T.   &  J.   Swords,  printer  to  faculty  of  physic   of 
Columbia   College,   60   p.      23   cm.     pa.     rebound  in  buckram. 

Gives  scientific,  and  English  or  common  names,  origin,  use,  cul- 
ture, and  duration,  in  brief.     English  Index. 

Linnaeus,  Carolus 

Systema  Vegetabilium;  editio  decima  sexta,  curante  Curtio  Sprengel, 

equite  stellae  polaris  et  aquilae  rubrae.  Prof.  Med.   et  rei  herb,  in 

Univers.     Hal.  5  v. 

Gottingae,    1825-1828.       Sumtibus    Librariae    Dieterichianae,    5    v. 

21  cm.     y2  lea. 

vol.  5  has  an  index  to  the  whole. 

A  portrait  of  Linnaeus  appears  in  Thornton's  Botanical  Extracts. 

Loudon,  John  Claudius,  ed, 

Loudon's  encyclopaedia  of  plants;  comprising  the  specific  character, 
description,  culture,  history,  application  in  the  arts,  and  every  other 
desirable  particular  respecting  all  the  plants  indigenous  to,  cultivated 
in,  or  introduced  into  Britain.  New  ed.,  corr.  to  the  present  time. 
Edited  by  Mrs.  Loudon;  assisted  by  George  Don,  P.  L.  S.;  and 
David  Wooster.    .    . 

London,  1855.  Longman.  Brown,  Green,  and  Longman,  2  vols., 
illus.     22  cm.,  very  fine  blind-tooled  calf  gilt  edge  and  back. 

Meehan,  Tliomas 

Native  flowers  and  ferns  of  the  United  States  in  their  botanical, 
horticultural,  and  popular  aspects.     2  vols. 

Boston,  cl878.  L.  Prang  &  co.,  2  v.,  illus.,  col.  pi.  27yo  cm.  % 
lea.     gilt  back. 

Meelian,  Thomas 

Native   flowers  and  ferns  of   the   United   States  in  their  botanical, 

horticultural,   and   popular   aspects.   Second   series,   2   v. 

Boston,  cl880.     L.  Prang  &  co.,  2  v.,  illus.,  col,  pi.     27%  cm.     %  lea. 

Missouri  botanical  garden 

Reports,  1890-1912.    25  cm.    cl. 

Reports  on  botanic  garden  and  School  of  Botany  of  Washington 
University  of  St.  Louis,  established  by  Henry  Shaw. 

Moore,  Charles 

Handbook  of  the  flora  of  New  South  Wales:     a  description  of  the 
flowering   plants    and   ferns    indigenous    to    New   South    Wales;    by 
Charles  Moore.    ,    .assisted  by  Ernest  Betche. 
Sydney,   1893.     Charles  Potter,   govt,  printer,   39&582   p.   25   cm.   cl. 

A  scientific  work,   but  there  is  a  good  glossary   for  the  help  of 

the  amateur.     Technical  index. 

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Nuttall,  Thomas 

The  genera  of  North  American  plants,  and  a  catalogue  of  the  species, 

to  the  year  1817. 

Philadelphia,  1818.     Heartt,  2  v.     20  cm.    bds. 

Hand-made  paper.     Unopened.     First  edition. 

Plants  of  America 

Anierikanische  gewachse  nach  Linneischer  Orduung. 

101  bis  150     201-250. 

Nurnberg,   1786-88.      auf   Kosten   der   Easpischen   Buchhandhmg.      3 

v.,  eol.  pi.  21  cm.  old  calf,  gilt  back. 

vol.    1   missing.      Hand-colored   plates,   preceded   by   explanations    of 

the  classification. 

The  Philippine  journal  of  science;  edited  by  Paul  C.  Freer.  .   .and  Eichard 
P.  Strong,  etc.,  v.  IV,  1-6. 

Manila,  1909.     Bureau  of  Science,  v.  IV,  1-6.     26i^  cm.    cl. 
Scientific  descriptions  of  Philippine  botany. 

Pliny 

Historae  naturalis  Libri  xxxvi;   Quos  interpretatione   et  notis  illus- 
travit  Joannes  Harduinus  e  societa  te  Jesu,  jusso  regis  christianissimi 
Hudovic  Magui,  in   usum   serenissimi   delphin.     Editio   altera   emen- 
datior  et  auctior.     Tomes  III. 
Paris,  1723.     Antoine  Urbain  Coustellier,  3  v.,  pi.     45  cm.     lea. 

"Very  correct  and  accurate  Delphin  text."  Fine  large  paper  copy. 
Map  of  the  Earthly  Paradise.  Pi.  at  end  of  vol.  3,  coins  of 
Greece  &  Rome.  Pliny  Translation  of  the  natural  history  of  Pliny 
the  Younger;  consisting  of  the  first  six  books,  treating  of  the 
world  and  its  parts;  by  John  Jefferys. 
In  manuscript,  1773.     Vol.  1,  778  p.     30  cm.     %  ve'luai. 

Purton,  Thomas 

A  botanical  description  of  British  plants  in  the  midland  counties.   .   . 
to  which   is   prefixed   a   short  introduction   to   the   study   of  botany 
and  to  the  knowledge  of  the  principal  natural  orders.     2  v. 
Stratford-upon-Avon,  1817.     J.  Ward,  2  v.,  col.  pi.     19  cm.     %  lea. 
The  whole  comprises  a  set  with  Burton's  Appendix  to  the  Midland 
Flora,  3  v.  in  4  parts,  of  which  this  is  v.  1-2. 

Purton,  Thomas 

An  Appendix  to  the  Midland  Flora;  comprising  also  corrections  and 
additions  referring  to  the  two  former  volumes;  and  occasional  ob- 
servations tending  to  elucidate  the  study  of  the  British  fungi; 
concluding  with  a  generic  and  specific  index  to  the  whole  work,  and 
a  general  index  of  synonyms;  in  two  parts,  by  Thomas  Purton,  F. 
L.  S.;  member  of  the  Eoyal  College  of  Surgeons;  embellished  with 
thirty  colored  engravings.     1  v.  in  2. 

London,  1821.  Printed  by  E.  &  A.  Taylot  and  sold  by  Longman, 
Hurst,  Eees,  etc.     1  v.  in  2.     19  cm.     %  lea. 

Comprises  3rd  v.  (in  2pts.)  of  set  of  which  Purton's  A  Botanical  De- 
scription.   .    .forms  V.  1-2. 

A  valuable  set.  The  author's  letter  presenting  it  to  William 
Baxter  of  the  Oxford  Botanical  Garden  is  bound  in  with  the  first 
part. 

Rousseau,  Jean  Jacques 

Letters  on  the   elements  of  botany,  addressed  to  a  lady.    .    .trans, 
into   English,   with   notes,   and   twenty-four   additional   letters,   fully 
explaining  the  system  of  Linnaeus,  by  Thomas  Martyn.     ed.  6  corr. 
&  impr. 
London,  1802.    J.  White,  xxiv&503  p.  21  cm,  calf,  gilt  back. 

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Thornton,  Robert  John 

Botanical  extracts:  or,  Philosophy  of  Botany. 

London,  1799-1810.     Printed  by  T.  Bensley  for  White,  Johnson  &  co., 

3  v.,  illus.  engr.  front;   &  ports.  49  cm.   %  calf. 

Title  pag-e  of  v.  3  reads  "Elementary  botanical  plates.  .  .par- 
ticularly intended  to  illustrate  Botanical  Extracts;  or,  The 
philosophy  of  botany."  v.  3  contains,  besides  many  botanic 
plates,  several  engravings  by  well-known  engravers,  after  fa- 
mous artists  of  the  day,  on  general  subjects.  Among  these 
"An  angel  of  God  revealing  the  plans  of  Providence  to  St.  John 
in  the  Island  of  Patmos"  by  Dunkarton,  Jr.  after  Guercino,  and 
"Cupid,  Flora,  Ceres,  and  Esculapius  honoring  the  bust  of 
Linnaeus"  by  Ridley  after  Russell  and  Opie  (frontspiece)  are 
notable.  The  "Portrait  of  her  majesty  Queen  Charlotte"  by 
Bartolozzi  after  Beechy  appears  opposite  an  elaborately  en- 
graved page  dedicating  the  volume  to  her.  The  following  por- 
traits, showing  remarkably  fine  work,  appear  abouve  illustra- 
tions of  places  or  events  connected  with  the  scientific  work  of 
each   man  portrayed. 

Millington  Milne  Darwin,  Erasmus 

Grew  Bonnet  de    Lamarck 

Tournefort  Withering'  de   Jussieu 

Ray  Curtis  Shaw 

Vaillant  Earl   of  Bute  Woodville 

Linnaeus  Martyn  Townsend 

Rousseau  Smith,  Jones  Edw.  Jackson 

Hill  Lambert  Thornton 

Hales  PLUtherford  (the    author) 

Title    on    backs    is   Thornton's    Philosophy    of   Botany. 

Thornton,  Eobert  John 

The  British  flora;  or,  Genera  and  species  of  British  plants;  ar- 
ranged after  the  reformed  sexual  system;  and  illustrated  by  numer- 
ous tables  and  dissections.     3   v. 

London,  1812.     Printed  for  author  by  J.  Whiting  (5  v.  in  1,  text)   & 
(v.  2&3  illus.  &  col.  pi.)     26  cm.    %  lea.    rebound. 
A  "reformed  scheme"  of  the  Linnaean  systein. 

Thornton,  Robert  John 

A  new  illustration  of  the  sexual  system  of  Linnaeus. 

London,  1799-1807,  unpaged,    engr.    front.  &  2  explanatory  pages  of 

engraved  text  at  end.     49  cm.    %  caif. 

Fine  large  paper  edition.  Magnificent  engravings  of  plants, 
flowers,   and   structure  plants. 

Diagrams  and  details  illustrative  of  the  Linnaean  system.  2 
extra  title  pages  near  back  of  volume,  one  entitled  "The  Phil- 
osophy of  botany"  and  the  other  "The  genera  of  exotic  and  in- 
digenous plants  that  are  to  be  met  with  in  Great  Britain  ar- 
ranged according-  to  tlie  reformed  system."  Tlie  only  type  used 
is  that  on  tlie  half-title  pages  preceding-  and  naining  each  class 
illustrated.  2  double-page  engravings  of  "Gathering  tea"  by 
Sutherland  after  Sang-so,  and  "Taching,  or  firing,  of  tea"  by 
Sutherland  after  Wo-siong.  The  frontspiece  is  an  engraving  of 
"Cupid  inspiring  plants  with  love"  by  Bartolozzi  and  Landseer 
after  Reinagle.  Main  title-page  (A  new  illustration)  bears  in- 
scription Vol.  IV,  and  the  binding  entitles  it  "Thornton's  phil- 
osophy of  botany,  Vol.  IV." 
The   paper   and  the   engraving  are  remarkable   in   quality. 

Waterhouse,  Benjamin 

The  Botanist;   being  the  botanical  part  of  a  course   of  lectures   on 

natural  history,  delivered  in  the  university  of  Cambridge;   together 

with  a  discourse  on  the  principle  of  vitality. 

Boston,  1811.     Joseph  T.  Buckingham,  263  p.     211/2  cm.  lea. 

Taken  from  the  first  lectures  of  any  importance  given  on  natural 
history  in  the  United  States.  They  were  delivered  in  1788,  and 
published  in  the  Monthly  Anthology,  Boston,  1801.  The  author 
was  an  authority  on  his  subject,  being  a  member  of  many 
learned  societies  both  in  America  and  abroad,  and  during  the 
time  of  delivering  them  held  the  professorship  of  Theory  and 
Practice  of  Physic  in  the  University  of  Cambridge.     It  was  from 

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the  interest  aroused  in  the  subject  by  Dr.  Waterhouse's  lectures 
that  the  professorship  of  Natural  History  was  created  and  the 
Botanical  Garden  established  (about  1796).  The  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts  gave  two  townships  of  land  toward  their 
support,  and  about  35,000  dollars  was  subscribed  by  individuals. 
The  dedication  is  to  John  Adams,  whose  interest  was  of  great 
help. 

Watt,  George 

A  dictionary  of  the  economic  products  of  India;  by  George  Watt, 
M.  B.,  C.  M.,  F.  L.  S.,  Professor,  Bengal  educational  department, 
on  special  duty  with  the  government  of  India,  department  of  reve- 
nue and  agriculture;  assisted  by  numerous  contributors.  6  v. 
in  9  &  index. 

Calcutta,  1889-1896.  Supt.  of  govt,  ptg.,  6  v.  in  9  &  index.  25 
cm.    %  lea. 

Gives  copious  information  on  herbs  and  drugs.  Treats  orange- 
culture  quite  fully. 


THE  SILVAS 

"The  breaking  waves  dashed  high 

On  a  stern  and  rock-bound  coast, 
And  the  woods,  against  a  stormy  sky. 

Their  giant  branches  tossed; 

And  the  heavy  night  hung  dark 

The  hills  and  waters  o'er 
When  a  band  of  exiles  moored  their  bark 

On  the  wild  New  England  shore.   .   . 

Amidst  the  storm,  they  sang, 

And  the  stars  heard,  and  the  sea; 
And  the  sounding  aisles  of  the  dim  woods  rang 

To  the  anthem  of  the  free! 

The  ocean-eagle  soared 

From  his  nest  by  the  white  wave's  foam, 
And  the  rocking  pines  of  the  forest  roared; 

This  was  their  welcome  home!" 

— Felicia  Hemans. 

Browne,  D.  J. 

Sylva  Americana;  or  a  description  of  the  forest  trees  indigenous  to 
the  United  States,  practically  and  botanically  considered,  ed.  1. 
Boston,  1832.    William  Hyde  &  co.,  395  p.,  illus.     231/2  cm.   cl. 

Part  1,  Vegetable  physiology;  Part  2,  Dendrology;  Part  3,  Ar- 
bori-culture.  Appendix  contains  a  table  showing  results  of  ex- 
periments made  to  deterinine  the  comparative  value  as  fuel  of  a 
large  variety  of  w*oods;  a  glossary;  an  index  divided  into  3  parts 
to  correspond  with  the  divisions  of  the  book,  part  2  of  which 
contains  Latin-English,  English-Latin,  and  Provincial  names  of 
woods  and  trees.  Part  1.  on  vegetable  physiology,  is  a  very  useful 
and  simple  treatment  of  the  subject. 

Browne,  D.  J. 

The  trees  of  America;  native  and  foreign,  pictorially  and  botanically 
delineated,  and  scientifically  and  popularly  described.    .    .illustrated 
by  numerous  engravings. 
New  York,  1857  (cl846)     Harper,  xii&520  p  ,  illus.     25  em.    cl. 

Classification  according  to  the  natural  system  (used  in  Miller 
and  in  Loudon.) 

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Cooper,  C.  S. 

Trees   and  shrubs  of  the  Britisli   Isles  native   and   acclimatised;   by 

C.  S.  Cooper,  F.  R.  H.  S.  and  W.  Percival  Westell,  F.  L.  S.;  sixteen 

full-page   cjoloured   plates   and   70   full-page   black   and   white   plates 

drawn  direct  from  nature  by  C.  F.  Newall. 

London,  1909.     Dent. 

New  York,  1909.     Button,  2  v.,  ilius.,  col.  pi.     31  cm.     cl. 

Deals  largely  with  insect  pests.     Has  lists  of  "trees  and  shrubs 

for  certain  soils  and  situations." 

Eastwood,  Alice 

A  handbook  of  the  trees  of  California  (Occasional  papers  of  the 
California  Academy  of  Sciences  IX) 

San  Francisco,  1905.  Pub.  by  the  society,  86p.  incl.  index  &  gloss- 
ary.    19  cm.     limp  lea. 

The  plates  used  in  this  work  were  destroyed  in  the  San  Francisco 
fire  in  1906,  and  it  is  out  of  print  in  consequence. 

Evelyn,  John 

Sylva,  or  a  Discourse  of  Forest-Trees,  and  the  Propagation  of  Tim- 
ber in  His  Majesties  Dominions,  by  J.  E.,  Esq.;  As  it  was  Deliver'd 
in  the  Royal  Society  the  xvth  of  October,  CICICCLXII  upon  Oc- 
casion of  certain  Quaeries  Propounded  to  that  Illustrious  Assembly, 
by  the  Honorable  the  Principal  Officers,  and  Commissioners  of 
the  Navy;  to  which  is  annexed  Pomona,  or,  an  Appendix  concern- 
ing Fruit-Trees  in  relation  to  Cider;  the  Making  and  several  ways 
of  Ordering  it.  Published  by  express  Order  of  the  Royal  Society; 
also  Kalendarium  Hortense;  or,  Gard'ners  Almanac';  Directing  what 
he  is  to  do  Monethly  throughout  the  Year. 

London,  1664.  Martyn  and  Allestry,  printers  to  the  Society,  120& 
83p.,  illus.     30  cm.  lea. 

Title-page  and  Kalendarium  in  two  colors,     part  of  p.  83  missing. 

Evelyn's   Sylva   is   the   foundation   book   on   forest-trees. 

Evelyn,  John 

Silva;  or,  a  discourse  of  forest-trees,  and  the  Propagation  of  Tim- 
ber in  his  Majesty's  Dominions:  As  it  was  delivered  in  the  Royal 
Society  on  the  15th  Day  of  October,  1662,  Upon  Occasion  of  certain 
Quaeries  propounded  to  that  illustrious  Assembly,  by  the  Honourable 
the  Principal  Officers  and  Commissioners  of  the  Navy;  together 
with  An  Historical  Account  of  the  Sacredness  and  Use  of  Standing 
Groves,  by  John  Evelvn,  Esq;  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society.  With 
Notes  by  A.   Hunter,  M.   D.,  F.   R.   S. 

York,  1776.     Printed  by  A.  Ward,  647  p.     31  cm.     Russia,  gilt  back. 
Evelyn's  Terra  bound  with  this. 

Frontspiece  is  engraved  portrait  of  John  Evelyn,  1620-1706,  done 
by  F.  Bartolozzi.  39  beautifully  engraved  plates  of  forest  trees. 
Subscription  edition  containfng  list  of  subscribers  which  includes 
-  many  representative  men  of  the  day,  and  the  Library  of  South 
Carolina — did  it  get  its  copy?  A  Life  of  Evelyn  and  copious  notes 
which  bring  the  numerous  former  editions  up  to  date,  of  pub- 
lication, are  added. 

A  very  choice  copy,   with   armorial  book-plate   of  Patrick  Chal- 
mers of  Auldbar. 

Evelyn,  John 

Sylva;  or  a  discourse  of  forest  trees:  by  John  Evelyn  F.  R.  S.  with 
an  essay  on  the   life   and  works   of   the   author  by  John  Nisbet   D. 
A.  E.  C.     A  reprint  of  the  fourth  edition  in  2  vols. 
London,  n.  d.     Arthur  Doubleday,  2  vols.     26  cm.  cl 

Type    reproduction    of    title-page    and    dedications    to    the    King 

and  to  the  Reader,  of  1706  edition,  in  2  colors. 

Forsyth,  William 

For  his  notes  on  tree-surgery,  see  under  Fruit. 

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Forsyth,  William 

A  Treatise  on  culture  and  management  of  Fruit-Trees. 

Fuller,  Andrew  S, 

Practical  forestry;  a  treatise  on  the  propagation,  planting,  and  cul- 
tivation, with  a  description,  and  the  botanical  and  popular  names  of 
all  the  indigenous  trees  of  the  United  States,  both  evergreen  and 
deciduous,  with  notes  on  a  large  number  of  the  most  valuable  exotic 
species. 
New  York,  1889.     Orange  Judd,  284  p.,  illus.     191/2  cm.    cl. 

A  very  good  treatment  of  the  subject  by  an  enthusiastic  tree- 
conservationist. 

Harding,  J.  D. 

Lessons  on  trees,     ed.  10 

London,  n.  d.     W.  Kent  &  co.,  uiapaged.    plates.     38  cm.    cl. 

Lessons  on  tree-drawing  in  chalk  or  pencil  with  illustrative 
plates. 

Hey,   Mrs.   William 

The  spirit  of  the  woods,  illustrated  by  coloured  engravings,  by  the 

author  of  "The  moral  of  flowers" 

London,  1837?     Printed  for  Longman,  Eees  Orme,  etc.    xvi&306  p., 

col.  pi.     25  cm.    %  lea. 

Orig-inal  poetry  and  poetic  quotations  as  well  as  historical  and 
legendary  notes  in  regard  to  the  trees  especially  of  Great  Brit- 
ain. Non-scientific.  Many  beautifully-colored  engravings  of 
tree-branches. 

Hough,  Eomeyn  Beck 

The  American  woods,  exhibited  by  actual  specimens  and  with  copi- 
ous explanatory  text.     ed.  2. 

Lowville,  N.  Y.,   1893.     Pub.   and  sections   prepared  by  the   author, 
vol.  1-8  illus.     23  cm.     cl. 

8  cases  containing  printed  text  and  cards  framing  wood-sections. 
Each  vol.  or  case  contains  transverse,  radial,  and  tangential 
sections  of  25  woods,  with  generic  and  specific  names  followed 
by  common  English,  German,  French,  and  Spanish.  Vol.  1  has 
a  full  description  of  characters  of  flowers  leaves,  fruit,  etc. 
and  Vol.  8  has  a  key  by  which  any  tree  described  in  Vols.  1-8 
may  be  found  by  the  characteristics  of  any  one  of  these,  while 
each  volume  has  a  list  of,  key  to,  and  text  descriptive  of  its 
own  contents. 
A  very   useful  and   valuable   work. 

Jepson,  Willis  Lynn 

The  siiva  of  California. 

Berkeley,  1910.     The  University  press.      480  p.,  illus.     34  cm.    cl. 
The  standard  California  silva. 

Kinney,  Albert 

Eucalyptus. 

Los  Angeles,  1895.     B.  E.  Baumgardt  &  co.,  298  p.,  tables  plates.     24 

cm.     %  lea. 

Deals  especially  with  the  eucalyptus  of  California. 

Laslett,  Thomas 

Timber   and   timber-trees,   native   and   foreign;    by   Thomas   Laslett, 

timber  inspector  to  the  admiralty. 

London,  1875.     Macmiilan,  343  p.,  illus.     20  cm.    cl. 

List  of  specimens  of  Indian  woods  sent  to  the  Melbourne  exhibition  of 

1880. 

Darjeeiing,  1880.     Govt,  central  press,  17  p.     2414  cm.     %  lea. 

Does  not  include  woods  of  the  Punjab.  Gives  most  important 
Indian  woods, — those  exported,  suitable  for  export,  and  of  do- 
mestic  value. 

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Loudon,  Jolm  Claudius 

Arboretum  et  fruticetum  Britannicum;  or,  the  trees  and  shrubs  of 
Britain,  native  and  foreign,  hardy  and  half-hardy,  pictorially  and 
botanically  delineated,  and  scientifically  and  popularly  described; 
with  their  propagation,  culture,  management,  and  uses  in  the  arts, 
in  useful  and  ornamental  plantations,  and  in  landscape  gardening; 
preceded  by  a  historical  and  geographical  outline  of  the  trees  and 
shrubs  of  temper-ciimates  throughout  the  world;  by  J.  C.  Loudon, 
F.  L.  and  H.  S.  etc.,  author  of  the  encyclopaedias  of  gardening  and 
of  agriculture;  in  eight  volumes,     ed.  2 

London,  1844.  Sold  by  Longman,  etc.  8  v.,  illus.  23  cm.  cl.  (some 
rebound) 

Library  also  has  ed.  2,  1854.     Very  fine  copy. 

London,  1854.  Bohn,  8  v.,  illus.,  hand  col.  pi.  23  cm.  %  lea.  gold  back. 
V.  1-4,  illustrated  text.  v.  5-8  plates.  Each  vol.  has  individual  con- 
tents and  index  and  vol.  4  has  a  general  index. 

One  of  the  authorities,  and  a  valuable  work. 

Lowe,  John 

The  yew-trees  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland. 
London,  1897.    Macmiilan,  xiv&264  p.,  pi.     24  cm.   cl. 

The  history,  uses  ancient  and  modern,  and  place  in  literature  of 
the  yew-tree. 

"What  of  the  bow? 

The   bow  was   made   in   England; 
Of  true  wood,  of  yew  wood, 

The  wood  of  English  bows; 
So  meil  who  are  free 
Love  the  old  yew-tree, 
And  the  land  where  the  yew-tree  grows." 

A.  Conan  Doyle. 

Massachusetts    commissioners    on    the    zoological    and    botanical    survey 

of  the  state. 

A  report  on  the  trees  and  shrubs  growing  naturally  in  the  forests  of 

Massachusetts. 

Boston,   1846.     Button   &   Wentworth,   xv   &  534  p.,  17  pi.     24   cm. 

%  lea.    gold  back. 

Report  made  by  George  B.  Emerson.  Arranged  according  to  the 
natural  order.     Very   fine   leaf-and-fruit  plates. 

Michaux,  Francois  Andre 

The  North  American  Sylva;  or,  description  of  the  Forest  Trees  of  the 
United  States,  Canada,  and  Nova  Scotia;  considered  particularly 
with  respect  to  their  use  in  the  arts  and  their  introduction  into 
Commerce;  to  which  is  added  a  description  of  the  most  useful  of  the 
European  forest  trees.  Illustrated  by  156  colored  engravings.  Trans- 
lated from  the  French  of  F.  Andrew  Michaux.  .  _with  notes  by 
J.  Jay  Smith    5   v. 

Philadelphia,  1857-59.  D.  Rice  and  A.  N.  Hart,  5  v.,  col.  pi.  27^^ 
cm.    %  lea.    gold  edge  &  back 

vol.  1-3  trans,  by  Augustus  D.  Hillhouse.  vols.  4-5  have  title: 
"The  North  American  Sylva:  or,  A  description  of  the  forest 
trees.  .  .not  described  in  the  work  of  F.  Andrew  Michaux.  .  . 
By   Thomas   Nuttall." 

Michaux,  Francois  Andre,  and  Nuttall,  Thomas 

The  North  American  Sylva.     5  v. 

Philadelphia,  1857-59.     D.  Eice  &  A.  N.  Hart,  5  v.,  illus.     27l^  cm. 

%  lea.   gold  edge  &  back. 

Nuttall,  Thomas 

The  North  American   Sylva;    or  a  description  of  the  Forest   Trees 

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of  North  America  not  described  in  the  work  of  F.  Andrew  Michaux. 

Illustrated  by  121  colored  plates.    2  v.,  comprising  vol.  4,  5  of  North 

America  Sylva. 

Philadelphia,  1857.     D.  Rice  and  A.  N.  Hart,  2v.,  col.  pi,     271/2  cm. 

%  lea.  gold  edge  &  back. 

The    Sylva    of   Nuttall    and   Michaux    is   a    very    important   work 
and  ranked  first  among  those  preceding  the  Silva  of  Sargent. 

Sargent,  Charles  Sprague 

Manual  of  the  trees  of  North  America   (exclusive  of  Mexico) .    .    . 
with  644  illustrations  from  drawing  by  Charles  Edward  Faxon. 
Boston,  1905.     Houghton,  xxiii&818  p,  illus.     22%  cm.  cl. 
Synopsis   and   analytical   key   to   the   families. 

Sargent,  Charles  Sprague 

Silva  of  North  America;   a  description  of  the  trees  which  grow  na- 
turally in  North  America  exclusive  of  Mexico,  by  Charles  Sprague 
Sargent,    director    of    Arnold    Arboretum    of    Harvard    University; 
illustrated  with  figures  and  analyses  drawn  from  nature  by  Charles 
Edward   Faxon   and   engraved   by   Philibert   and   Eugene   Picart. 
Boston,  1892-1902.     Houghton,  14  vols.,  illus.     38  cm.     bds. 
vol.   14  contains  index  to  all  volumes,  including  popular  as  well  as 
scientific  names.     The  text  is  written  with  a  view  to  bringing  the 
information  to  the  general  public  as  clearly  as  to  the  botanist.     The 
engravings    are    magnificently    executed    and    the    paper,    printing, 
and  binding  of  the  books  are  remarkably  fine. 
The  authoritative  silva. 

Schacht,  Hermann 

Les  arbres;  etudes  sur  leur  structure  et  leur  vegetation.  .  .Tr.  d'apres 
la  2me  ed.  allemande  par  Edouard  Morren  .  .  .  Ouvrage  public 
sous  les  auspices  de  feu  M.  le  Bon  Ai.  de  Humboldt.  2  ed.  augm. 
de  10  gravures  sur  acier.  Illustree  de  plus  de  505  gravures  sur  bois, 
ainsi  que  de  5  planchees  lithographies  represantant  ensemble  550 
subjects. 

Brussels,  1864.  C.  Muquardt,  xi&448  p.,  illus.,  14  pi.  25  cm.  %  lea. 
Very  fine  engravings  on  heavy  paper,  showing  forest  trees  in 
natural  settings,  and  numerous  engravings  in  the  text  as  well 
as  4  fine  lithographic  plates  illustrating  structure  and  growth 
in  detail.  In  the  translator's  preface  von  Humboldt  is  quoted  as 
referring  to  Schacht  as  the  modern  Pliny.  A  key  to  the  plates 
illustrating  details  of  principal  German  forest-trees  is  given, 
as  is  also  a  German-French  vocabulary  of  scientific  and  tech- 
nical terms  used  in  the  book. 
Forestry  and  reforestation  are   important  subjects  treated. 


Mitchell,  Donald  Grant 

Wet   days  at   Edgewood  with  old  farmers,   old  gardeners,   and   old 
pastorals,  by  the  author  of  "My  farm  of  Edgewood." 
New  York,  1883.     Scribner,  xii&324p.,  plans,  19  cm. 

Contains  good  accounts  of  the  ancient  writers  on  agriculture. 


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Two  important  books  added  since  Miss  Bailey  compiled  these  lists 
are  noted  here: 

Gate,  Marcus  Porcius 

Eoman  farm  management;  the  treatises  of  Cato  and  Varro  done 
into  English,  with  notes  of  modern  instances,  by  a  Virginia  farmer. 
N.  Y.,  1918.     Macmillan,  xii&365p.     20  cm. 

Contents — Note    upon    the    Roman    agronomists. — Note    on    the    obligation    of 
Virgil  to  Varro. — Cato's  De  agricultura. — Varro's  Rerum  rusticarum  libri  tres. 

Columella,  Lucius  Junius  Moderatus 

Of  husbandry  in  twelve  books:    and  his  Book  concerning  trees.     Tr. 
into    English^    with    several   illustrations    from    Pliny,   Cato,   Varro, 
Palladius,  and  other  antient  and  modern  authors. 
London,  1745.     Printed  for  A.  Millar,  xiv&660&8p.     26  cm.     calf. 

Columella's  treatise  was  first  set  forth  about  54  A.  D. 

The  English  edition  given  in  Lowndes  is  the  same  as  our  copy 

1745. 


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